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Labor Day-Memorial Day, $3 adults, $2 children 7-21, free for children 6 and under) houses
everything from dinosaur fossils found nearby and Fort Peck Dam construction information
to the country's largest Assiniboine collection and genealogical archives. Also available are
special tours; call to schedule.
Recreation
With 50 different kinds of fish in Fort Peck Lake Reservoir, nearly 1,600 miles of
shoreline, and more than one million acres of public land in the surrounding Charles
M. Russell (CMR) National Wildlife Refuge, the area is a nature lover's paradise. Hi-
Line Charter Fishing (6820 U.S. 2 E., Havre, 406/262-2195 or 406/390-6892,
www.hilinecharterfishing.com ) can provide fully equipped boats and guides for fishing
expeditions. Marvin and Connie Loomis operate Trophy Fishing (406/557-2787,
www.fortpeckfishing.com ) , providing comfortable lodging, great home cooking, and all
the equipment and guiding you'll need. Anglers on the reservoir have the chance to catch
walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, northern pike, and even king salmon, among others. To
rent a boat, contact the Hell Creek Marina (406/557-2345, www.hellcreekmarina.com ) or
the Rock Creek Marina (406/485-2560, www.rockcreekmarina.com ), which also offers
stocked cabins, RV campsites, and an on-site restaurant and tavern.
Golfers can hit the links in nearby Glasgow at the fairly level nine-hole Sunnyside Golf
Club (95 Skylark Rd., 406/228-9519).
Accommodations
Right in Fort Peck is the rambling Fort Peck Hotel (175 S. Missouri St., 406/526-3266 or
800/560-4931, www.thefortpeckhotel.com , Apr.-Dec., $63-139), built at the same time and
in similar fashion to the Fort Peck Theatre. The wooden hotel certainly recalls a time gone
by, and though the amenities are simple (double and single beds), they are perfectly suitable
and quite charming. The hotel serves three wonderful meals daily in the quaint dining room,
and guests tend to lounge in oversized Depression-era rockers on the expansive porch.
The Cottonwood Inn & Suites (45 1st Ave. NE, Glasgow, 406/228-8213 or 800/
321-8213, www.cottonwoodinn.net , $84-96 rooms, $44 RV sites) in Glasgow is the town's
newest and most modern addition. There are 124 guest rooms, an indoor heated pool, free
Wi-Fi, a dining room, and an adjacent RV park.
Food
Foodies are in for a surprising treat in Glasgow: Durum Restaurant (1015 U.S. Hwy. 2,
406/228-2236, 11am-2pm and 5pm-9pm Tues.-Fri., 5pm-9pm Sat., lunch $7.50-9.75, din-