Glacier Country

1browningandcutbankarea.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04299YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://glacier.visitmt.comGlacier Country10003030<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/SantaRita_CampDisappointment.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Camp DisappointmentPhoto courtesy: Donnie Sexton</li></ul> Santa Rita is on the road to the rich <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=83">Cut Bank</a> oil and natural gas fields. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) This small town is in northwestern Montana not far from Hay Lake and numerous other glacial lakes in the <a href="/national_parks/glacier/">Glacier National Park</a> region.Nearby is the <a href="/places_to_go/indian_nations/niitsitapi-blackfeet">Blackfeet Indian Reservation</a> is along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Its one and a half million acres are bordered on the north by Canada and on the west by Glacier National Park.Santa Rita is also near <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=91">Camp Disappointment</a>, the northernmost point reached by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They reached here on July 23, 1806. On the Cut Bank River east of present-day <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=45">Browning</a>, Lewis could see the river exiting the mountains. He called this northern-most campsite of the expedition "Camp Disappointment" since this meant <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=11083">Marias River</a> did not reach 50 degrees north latitude, which would have extended the boundary of the Louisiana Territory.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Sweetgrass, Montana" coords="109,5,194,19" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=324"><area shape="rect" alt="Sunburst, Montana" coords="188,22,231,33" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=322"><area shape="rect" alt="Babb, Montana" coords="5,29,31,42" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=13"><area shape="rect" alt="Kevin, Montana" coords="159,44,190,57" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=187"><area shape="rect" alt="Oilmont, Montana" coords="203,55,240,71" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=242"><area shape="rect" alt="Browning, Montana" coords="54,74,131,98" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=45"><area shape="rect" alt="Ethridge, Montana" coords="144,83,180,105" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=108"><area shape="rect" alt="Santa Rita, Montana" coords="150,61,198,79" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=299"><area shape="polygon" alt="Cut Bank, Montana" coords="103,37,103,72,135,75,138,85,149,80,145,73,140,37" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=83"><area shape="polygon" alt="East Glacier, Montana" coords="23,96,23,141,71,141,80,129,80,100,46,99,43,93" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=99"><area shape="rect" alt="Shelby, Montana" coords="189,94,246,129" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=304"><area shape="rect" alt="Ledger, Montana" coords="192,136,236,153" href="/categories/city.47092SANTA RITAGLACIERMT59473