SEELEY LAKE - Friday, July 31, the National Park Service recognized the Seeley Lake community as a participant in its Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Sustainable Community Partnership Program. The Program celebrates Seeley Lake historic connection to Lewis and Clark’s 1803 expedition, known popularly as the Corps of Discovery expedition.
In order to qualify for this designation, the National Park Service requires that a community demonstrates its connection to the Corps of Discovery and that the connection is showcased and celebrated in a public way. As a community partner, Seeley Lake will act as a steward in growing the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Geotourism project.
In the Seeley Lake application to participate in the program, Ron Cox, Director, Seeley Lake Historical Society noted:
“Seeley Lake Montana is a full service community located 15 miles upstream of what Capt. Lewis named Werner Creek, now called the Clearwater River, on July 6, 1806. Lewis had separated from Clark at present day Lolo and was following the “Road to the Buffalo” in today’s Blackfoot Valley.”
With its designation as a Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Sustainable Community Partner, Seeley Lake will receive tourism marketing support and resources to help educate visitors and residents about the community’s connection to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Seeley Lake is featured on the Trail’s tourism promotion website, LewisandClark.Travel.
“The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail provides an opportunity for people from across the country and around the world to follow in the footsteps of the most iconic explorers of the American frontier,” says Dan Wiley, Chief of Integrated Resources for the Trail. “The new community partnership program showcases those communities along the Trail where visitors can learn about the historic expedition and the legacy which helped make these towns the communities they are now.”
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, administered by the National Park Service, is more than 4,900 miles long, traverses sixteen states and many tribal lands, along the historic route of the expedition. The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail was designated by Congress in 1978 to commemorate the 1803 to 1806 Corps of Discovery expedition.
This epic journey contributed significant scientific knowledge and profound political, social, economic, cultural, and environmental changes to the peoples and landscapes of the North American continent.
Getting listed on the L&C trail webpage will give click of the finger national exposure to the local businesses and sites. For more information about submitting a business or place, at no cost, please contact the Seeley Lake Historical Society via email slhistory@blackroot.net or call 406-677-3990.
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