Lemhi Pass

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Lemhi Pass
Photo = Lemhi Pass.jpg
Caption = View from Lemhi Pass
Elevation = 7373 ft.
Location = Idaho/Montana, USA
Range = Rocky Mountains
Coordinates = coord|44|58.5|N|113|26.7|W|type:pass
Topographic

Traversed by = Unpaved road

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lemhi Pass
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Tendoy, Idaho
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 4
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 113
long_minutes = 27
long_seconds = 23
long_direction = W
locmapin = Idaho
area =
built =1805
designated= October 9, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=203&ResourceType=Site
title=Lemhi Pass |accessdate=2008-06-11|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = FOREST SERVICE
refnum=66000313

Lemhi Pass (el. 7373 ft.) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains on the border between Montana and Idaho on the Continental Divide.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition entered present-day Idaho on August 26, 1805, through Lemhi Pass. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000313.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lemhi Pass] |32 KB|date=June 8, 1988 |author=Merle Wells |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000313.pdf "Accompanying 10 photos, from 1958 and 1962"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/lem.htm National Park Service]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/108lewisclark/108facts2.htm Reading 2: Lemhi Pass and Lolo Trail] from "The Lewis & Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest Name," a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan.