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The river flows south, crossing into Lincoln County, Montana. It receives the East Fork Yaak River, then the West Fork Yaak River (also called the West Yahk River). The West Fork originates in Montana near Rock Candy Mountain, flows northeast into British Columbia, then southeast back into Montana to join the main Yaak River.
Nov. 16—The Vital Ground Foundation expanded its Fowler Creek grizzly bear habitat conservation project this month with the acquisition of 64 acres in the Yaak Valley of far Northwest Montana.
Yaak is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, Montana, [2] United States. It is located along the Yaak River, within the Kootenai National Forest. As of the 2020 census, its population was 338. Yaak has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [3] Yaak derives its name from the Yaak River. [4]
The community is in Kootenai National Forest in northwestern Lincoln County, in the valley of the Yaak River, a south-flowing tributary of the Kootenai River. Yaak River Road (National Forest Road 92) runs through the valley, leading south 11 miles (18 km) to U.S. Route 2 in the Kootenai valley and northeast (upriver) 17 miles (27 km) to Yaak.
A rare attack by a river otter in southern Montana injured three women floating on inner tubes and inflicted wounds serious enough that one victim had to be airlifted to a hospital, authorities ...
Aug. 25—A Yaak resident is facing felony charges of kidnapping and assault with a weapon after two incidents outside of Troy last month. Jeremy B. O'Day, 46, is also accused of a third felony ...
The Book of Yaak. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1997. ISBN 978-0-395-87746-3. (Originally published 1996) The New Wolves: The Return of the Mexican Wolf to the American Southwest. Globe Pequot. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59921-228-9. (Originally published 1998) Brown Dog of the Yaak: Essays on Art and Activism. Milkweed Editions. 1999. ISBN 978-1-57131-224-2.
Startling video shows the moment a large waterfront house in Gardiner, Montana, collapsed into the Yellowstone River as the region is battered by historic floods.