Great Falls Portage

Infobox_nrhp | name =Great Falls Portage
nrhp_type =nhld


caption =
nearest_city= Great Falls, Montana
locmapin = Montana
area =
built =1805
architect=
architecture=
designated= May 23, 1966cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=298&ResourceType=District
title=Great Falls Portage |accessdate=2007-10-24|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000429

Great Falls Portage is the site on the Missouri River that was an arduous portage site for the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805. On the upriver trip, the 18 mile portage took 31 days.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000429.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Great Falls Portage National Historic Landmark] |1.05 MB|date=August, 1984 |author=Blanche Higgins Schroer, Roy E. Appleman, and Nancy Witherell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000429.pdf Accompanying 17 photos, undated.] |1.92 MB]

Two separate portions of their portage route are landmarked, and these portions include the lower campsite where boats were taken out, and the upper campsite where the boats were reassembled.

In May, 2008 The National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the building on their list of America's Most Endangered Places. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080521/ap_tr_ge/travel_yesterday_s_places_endangered_places Threats to history seen in budget cuts, bulldozers - Yahoo! News ] ]

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