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2004/2005 Visitor's Guide Earlier Days remembered on annual Ant Flat Day Ant Flat is a historic site and environmental education center with a one-mile loop trail located on Fortine Creek Road near Trego. In 1902, the Lewis and Clark Forest Reserve established Ant Flat as the forest administration site for this area. From 1908 until 1933, Ant Flat was part of the Blackfeet National Forest. In 1933, the Blackfeet National Forest was dissolved and the district was split between the Kootenai National Forest and the Flathead National Forest. In 1963 the administrative site was moved to Murphy Lake and the district was renamed the Fortine Ranger District. The white building at Ant Flat was built in 1922 and served as a warehouse and later as an office. The log barn was also built in the early 1920’s. Ant Flat housed Forest Service pack and riding stock in the spring and fall. The story has it that Ant Flat got its name because of all the ant hills in the meadow. Ant Flat is now used as a natural resource education center for local school children. The center includes a one-mile loop trail. The first half of the trail is wheelchair accessible and leads to a viewing platform overlooking a march ecosystem. Each August the employees of the Murphy Lake Ranger Station sponsor a day of history at the station, called Ant Flat Day. District personnel and members of the community get together to remember former days in the forest. Last year’s topic was lookouts. |
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