Canoeing Montana's Missouri Breaks

In 2007, we paddled the 149 miles of the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument including the renowned White Cliffs section of the Lewis and Clark Trail in Montana, from Ft. Benton to the Kipp Recreation Area in the Russell Wildlife Refuge.

[@benjeanettebooth1800]

Lovely pictures. The Lewis and Clark expedition has always captivated my attention. Thanks for bringing this history to life for me!

[@AmericasParks]

Wonderful video! Looking forward to heading out that way in August. This was so informative. Thanks!

[@robertnick6403]

Thank you so much! I am reading about the Lewis and Clark journey and this helped it come alive for me

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

God bless our American heroes Meriwether Lewis and William Clark & their brave crew.

[@pamelawherey4583]

Very lovely, Thank You So Very Much 🌸💐🌸

[@skipsassy1]

Why is it necessary to have background music?

[@desertrat1111]

Beautiful place

[@skipsassy1]

Excellent video, to study when the Missouri went. I want to know how far did the river go to Glasier National Park area. Lamp oil could have provided economic growth by steamer river boats. I wonder why it never happened. Any ideas.

[@bwj999]

Anyone know a map reference to the location of that beautiful slot canyon? Is there a drive in trail head or only river access?

[@ronsmith1472]

Best M-Breaks yet viewed. What dates were you on the water?

[@cmorhiker]

End of August/Beginning of September

[@davidedwards2764]

What time of year did you paddle it?

[@skipsassy1]

You meant the Pacific Ocean?

[@secrettransient]

Pacific Ocean, not Atlantic.

[@marchanselman]

Definitely Pacific...

[@bwj999]

@@marchanselman I'm missing the context but Missouri feeds into the Mississippi which feeds the atlantic in New Orleans, no? It is amazing it travels that far west to me.

[@marchanselman]

@@bwj999 cmorhiker said "Thomas Jefferson ordered L&C to explore the land between the Missouri River and the Atlantic Ocean"... I think you mean Pacific. They traveled up the Missouri, overland through Idaho - only made possible with Native American guides - and down the Columbia to the Oregon Coast.

[@bwj999]

@@marchanselman Got it. Up one river and down the other - makes sense. It is an amazing place with a rich history for sure.

[@judygaddy]

Fort Benton AckersonRanch and refuge

[@e.macdonaldoutdoors7825]

Videos like this are interesting to watch and occasionally informative...unless their enthusiasm overtakes their knowledge. The ecological facts about grazing cattle are false and biased against cattle on the land. Wherever the narrator got his information, he is simple repeating incorrect and outdated opinions. Cattle keep river riparian zones healthy, reduce noxious weeds (brought in by tourists), replenish grasslands which enhance biodiversity with insect, bird life and grazers and browsers (deer & elk) and their predators. You may not like what they may leave at your sacred campsite,,,but that's just part of nature too.

[@gardnerellis2957]

Naw, not buying it!!! If anyone is spreading false information, it's you. I paddled this stretch three times....1990, 1995 and 1997. Because of the cattle's "healthy" grazing that you tout and support....or should I say overgrazing, there are no natural cottonwood seedlings to be found. And what seedlings happen to escape these ravenous appetites', are trampled and destroyed by these various herds seeking shade among the mature cottonwoods. That means there are no growing young trees to replace the old cottonwoods when they eventfully die out. ....and they will someday. So these cows are not part of a balanced ecosystem, they are destructive invasives. Also, 1997 was the year that some sick vandal , probably a disgruntled cattleman, not so unlike yourself, afraid of losing his "free" grazing privilege's on public land due to this controversy of cattle or no cattle...destroyed one of the most unique formations along this river.....Eye of the Needle. Anyway, I like a good steak and hamburger; but cows don't belong here.

[@e.macdonaldoutdoors7825]

@@gardnerellis2957 You have a narrow and obviously biased understanding of raparian health and how to maintain it. You seem sincere but with limited experience and just because you didn't see Cottonwood seedlings, doesn't mean they aren't coming up in the near-river grazing area. You have a typical attitude of a know-it-all tourist. Cattlemen are great stewards of the land when allowed to use good animal husbandry and remain un-harassed by class warfare. BLM and other grazing allotments are not free; ranchers pay plenty of rent. As for the Eye-of-the-Needle (COMPLETELY unrelated and typically vitriolic), was damaged by tourist teenagers and a couple of accompanying adults on a river trip. I am not a cattleman, but still a rancher and horseman. I am thankful Montana still has some cattlemen and cattlewomen trying to provide food for America. If you don't like cattle around, don't visit the "Breaks". Simple. You say you like a good steak and hamburger, but like so many city people, you just want that food to magically show up, conveniently wrapped in plastic.

[@gardnerellis2957]

@@e.macdonaldoutdoors7825 Hey, MORON, good morning!! I do know this, you are a horse's ass and a bigoted so called ignorant, phony "know it all".......and cows don't belong in a National Scenic Riverway, to be enjoyed by all, not used by a select few for profit. BTW, I buy my beef from a local farmer, side at a time. Not from a disgusting feed lot drugged up "clone" cow. ....good stewards of the land??? bullcrap!! no pun intended.

[@skipsassy1]

Nowe campers are not curious. We want history lessons, not family pictures of strangers to us. Why post family pictures to the public? History is what we really want. I reckon if I saw the land I would have wanted to buy land, what was the cost of property in 1860s-1870s? Could you have bought land before the Glasier and Banff National Parks were decided upon?

[@justanotherbum007]

Shows picture of snake while talking about amphibians. *facepalm*