Cadotte Pass

Pierre Cadotte, a white settler at Fort Benton, Montana, explored the pass in 1851.

[1] Prior to his exploration Tribal people utilized the pass while migrating to the buffalo hunting plains around the Sun River.

[2] Isaac Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory, named the pass after Cadotte in 1853.

[3] The pass is 6,073 feet (1,851 m) above sea level.

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