Boundary Co. is mountainous and forest covered terrain; the Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains being prominent ranges. The L-shaped Kootenai River Valley (approximately 30% of the county) is privately owned, the rest being either State or Federal property. Elevation ranges from 1740' in the valley to 7357' on Gunsight Peak in the Selkirks.
The Ponderay National Forest became the Kaniksu National Forest in 1933, and is now known as the Panhandle National Forest.
Boundary Co. is bounded on the North by British Columbia; on the West by Washington and Bonner Co, ID; on the South by Bonner Co, and on the East by Montana. It is in the Pacific time zone.
The Kootenai River rises in British Columbia, loops into NW Montana, circles through Boundary Co., then North into Kootenai Lake, in B.C., becoming the head waters of the Columbia River. The Moyie River starts in British Columbia, and joins the Kootenai River at Moyie Springs.
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