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MILEPOST 39 - Birch Lake

Copyright 2005, James R. Conner, all rights reserved

Birch Lake as seen from Mount Aeneas, with Crater Lake in the distance

Birch Lake is a popular fishing and picnic spot in Jewel Basin Hiking Area. It is a short, relatively flat hike from Camp Misery Trailhead. Before the days of Lewis & Clark, the Kootenai Indians used this pass to cross the mountains out of the Flathead Valley to hunt bison on the Great Plains.