Clarkia is a small unincorporated community in the southwestern corner of Shoshone County, Idaho.

It is surrounded by publicly and privately managed forest lands of Douglas-fir, Ponderosa Pine, and Western Larch.

Located just to the east of State Highway 3, the town is in the drainage area of the West Fork of the St. Maries River.

The Coeur d’Alene people inhabited this area for thousands of years prior to the coming of white settlers.

[4] The first residents of the town of Clarkia harvested the Western White Pine in the area for lumber.