Libby Dam, located on the Kootenai river, holds 90 miles of water in its reservoir, Lake Koocanusa. The visitor’s center houses many interpretive displays, one of which is a nature diorama featuring taxidermied animals native to Montana. Here we have a Mountain Lion, an otter and a Big Horn Sheep.
Here’s a trivia question for you, and the first three people to answer correctly will win a special MontanaSquished Penny. Please email your answer to me at requiscat@gmail.com. Answers posted in the comments will be deleted. I won’t tell you the correct answer until I have three winners, but if you think you got it wrong on the first submission, you’re free to submit another answer. I will also keep this open until there are three winners.
The question: The reservoir at Libby Dam is Lake Koocanusa, can you tell me what language the word ‘Koocanusa’ is from, and what it means?
On to the photos, click on them for larger versions:
Update I have one correct answer so far, and two squished pennies left.
We took Bella with us on the Swan River Nature Trail in Bigfork, MT. We began downtown at a small sculpture park where she posed with a relaxing bear. By the way, she’s seven, so she’s not really a puppy.
My interest in blogging, blogs and the internet in general has been null and void lately. I call it a suspended state of blah. Or disgust. Or just plain pissy.
These are from an evening excursion to the Flathead River (which is a little high).
The first three photos were taken at Hungry Horse Reservoir. The first two are where we found the willy worm (or wooly bear), the third at Lost Johnny a few weeks prior, and the final two were taken near Flathead Lake. Honeysuckle, lupines and wild roses were thick around the lake.
