another view of the Pack River delta. This area was inhabited by the Kalispel Indians.
The shallow mouth of Pack River broadens out into a large wetland that, because of the dams, now floods during summer high water and is characterized by a vast mud flat during spring and fall, just the opposite of its natural order. Before the dams were built at Albeni Falls and Cabinet Gorge, spring snowmelt would flood this vast meadow, and then dry out during summer. Kalispel Indians likely harvested edible camas bulbs here, and in later years local farmers cut hay around the meandering river.