GREAT FALLS, MT - MISSOURI RIVER

The Supreme Commander at
Black Eagle Falls, Great Falls, MT

The Missouri River (the longest river in the USA) passes through Great Falls, Montana where there are five waterfalls within a span of about ten miles. These are the falls that confounded and delayed the Lewis & Clark Expedition for about a month.

Great Falls is near the upper center of Montana and about a hundred miles from the Canadian border. The waterfall (and dam) pictured here, known as Black Eagle Falls, is a short distance from Centene Stadium where the Great Falls Voyagers play their home games. It was named Black Eagle Falls for a black eagle that built its nest in a cottonwood tree on an island in the falls.

We stopped to take some photos of the river and falls before and after today's game between the Great Falls Voyagers and the Missoula Osprey. It was sunny and warm before the game but it grew cloudy, windy and cold during the game. This will make it easy to spot the photos shot after the game.

Black Eagle Falls

The Missouri River above Black Eagle Falls

An island in the Missouri River below Black Eagle Falls

The Missouri River flowing away from Black Eagle Falls

The Missouri River below Black Eagle Falls

The Supreme Commander at the Missouri River in Great Falls, Montana