A small ridge separates the Stillwaters home sites from approximately 60 acres of private islands. This quiet sanctuary is home to a wide-variety of wildlife. Crisscrossed with miles of
trails, it's the perfect place for exercise, bird watching, fishing, or just solitude. Small sandy beaches dot the shoreline in mid to late summer, perfect for sunning. These islands have
historical significance. On July 3rd, 1806, Meriwether Lewis along with nine of his men and five Indians crossed the Clark Fork River at the mile-long Stillwater islands.
Lewis wrote: The Indians swam over their horses and drew over their baggage in little basons of deer skins which they constructed in a very few minutes for that purpose. We drove our
horses in after them and they followed to the opposite shore. I remained myself with two men who could scarcely swim until the last.