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Eagle Pass (Lake County, Montana)

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Eagle Pass
Elevation7,464 ft (2,275 m)
LocationLake County, Montana, US
Coordinates47°26′32″N 113°56′43″W / 47.4421556°N 113.9453801°W / 47.4421556; -113.9453801

Eagle Pass (el. 7,464 ft/2,275 m) is a high mountain pass in Lake County, Montana in the United States.

It is called nšt̓ew̓s sx̣ʷcusi in Salish, or "Standing in Middle" because a pillar of rock stands in the middle of the pass.

References

  1. "Eagle Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Tachini, Pete; Louie Adams; Sophie Mays; Mary Lucy Parker; Johnny Arlee; Frances Vanderburg; Lucy Vanderburg; Diana Christopher-Cote (1998). nyoʻnuntn q̓éymin, Flathead Nation Salish dictionary. Pablo, Montana: Bilingual Education Department, Salish Kootenai College. pp. 44, 136.

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