Council Grove State Park

Council Grove State Park
Montana State Park
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Missoula

Elevation	3,198 ft (975 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	46°54′47″N 114°09′17″W / 46.91302°N 114.15477°W / 46.91302; -114.15477Coordinates: 46°54′47″N 114°09′17″W / 46.91302°N 114.15477°W / 46.91302; -114.15477

Area	187 acres (76 ha)

Founded	unspecified
Management	Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Location of Council Grove State Park in Montana

Council Grove State Park (Salish: Člmé, "Tree Limb Cut Off", also Ncx̣͏ʷotew̓s ^[2]) is a Montana state park in Missoula County, Montana in the United States. The park is 187 acres (76 ha) and sits at an elevation of 3,198 feet (975 m). The site of the park hosted the July 16, 1855 signing of the Hellgate treaty between representatives of the United States government and members of the Bitteroot Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai to make the Flathead Indian Reservation.^[3] One natural attraction of the park is its old growth ponderosa pine trees.^[4]

References

↑ "Council Grove state park". United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
↑ "Salish Audio Files". Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee. 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
↑ "Council Grove" (PDF). Montana Office of Public Instruction. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
↑ "Council Grove park offers solitude". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-02.

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Protected areas of Montana

Federal

National Parks	Glacier Yellowstone

National Monuments	Little Bighorn Battlefield Pompeys Pillar (BLM) Upper Missouri River Breaks (BLM)

National Battlefield	Big Hole

National Historical Parks & Historic Sites	Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Historic & Scenic Trails	Lewis and Clark NHT Nez Perce NHT Continental Divide NST Pacific Northwest NST

National Recreation Area	Bighorn Canyon

National Wildlife Refuges	Benton Lake Black Coulee Bowdoin Charles M. Russell Creedman Coulee Hailstone Halfbreed Lake Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake National Bison Range Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse

National Forests	Beaverhead Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo

National Wilderness	Absaroka-Beartooth Anaconda-Pintler Bear Trap Canyon Bob Marshall Cabinet Mountains Gates of the Mountains Great Bear Lee Metcalf Medicine Lake Mission Mountains Rattlesnake Red Rock Lakes Scapegoat Selway-Bitterroot UL Bend Welcome Creek

National Wild & Scenic Rivers	Flathead Missouri

State

State Parks	Ackley Lake Anaconda Smoke Stack Bannack Beaverhead Rock Beavertail Hill Big Arm Black Sandy Brush Lake Camp Baker Chief Plenty Coups Clark's Lookout Cooney Council Grove Eden Bridge Elkhorn Finley First Peoples Buffalo Jump Fort Owen Frenchtown Pond Giant Springs Granite Ghost Town Greycliff Prairie Dog Town Hell Creek Lake Elmo Lake Mary Ronan Lewis and Clark Logan Lone Pine Lost Creek Madison Buffalo Jump Makoshika Medicine Rocks Missouri Headwaters Painted Rocks Parker Homestead Pictograph Cave Pirogue Island Placid Lake Rosebud Battlefield Salmon Lake Sluice Boxes Smith River Spring Meadow Lake Thompson Falls Tongue River Reservoir Tower Rock Travelers' Rest Wayfarers West Shore Whitefish Lake Wild Horse Island Yellow Bay

State Forests	Clearwater Coal Creek Lincoln Lubrecht Experimental Forest Stillwater Sula Swan River Thompson River

Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Island Aunt Molly Badlands Beartooth Beckman Big Lake Blackfoot-Clearwater Blackleaf Blue Eyed Nellie Bowdoin Buffalo Head Park Bull River Calf Creek Canyon Creek Canyon Ferry Dodson Creek Dodson Dam Dome Mountain Ear Mountain Elk Island F Island Flathead Lake Flathead River Fleecer Mountain Fox Lake Freezout Lake Fresno Reservoir Fresno Tailwater Gallatin Garrity Mountain Grant Marsh Gravelly-Blacktail Haymaker Hinsdale Horseshoe Lake Howard Valley Isaac Homestead Judith River Kootenai/Falls Kootenai/West Kootenai/Woods Ranch Lake Helena Lost Creek Lower Stillwater Lake Madison-Bear Creek Madison-Wall Creek Milk River Mount Haggin Mount Jumbo Mount Silcox Nevada Lake Ninepipe North Swan Valley CE Pablo Ray Kuhns Robb-Ledford Rookery Roundhom Sanders Seven Sisters Silver Gate Silver Run Smith River Sun River Swan Lake Thompson-Fisher CE Three Mile Threemile Vandalia War Dance Island Warm Springs

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