Yaak is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, Montana,[2] United States.

Yaak has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

[4] According to local lore, A’ak is a Kootenai name meaning “Arrow.” The Kootenai River forms the shape of a drawn bow; its tributary the Yaak River is its arrow.

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.

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