Captain Swanson’s City of Polson, on Flathead Lake near Glacier, 1911

ID: 3908 | This file appears in: Glacier National Park’s Fleet and Captain J.W. “Billy” Swanson
John L. Lewis, owner of the Lewis Hotel on Lake McDonald, commissioned the boat for service on the lake. From Flathead, it was hauled sixty miles up the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, navigated through narrow McDonald Creek, then pushed laboriously over primitive muddy roads to finally be relaunched on Lake McDonald as the Lewtana. | Source:

 Thiri, Al. The Speed Boat of Them All. 1911. Montana History Portal. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/79190.

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 Thiri, Al. The Speed Boat of Them All. 1911. Montana History Portal. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/79190.

"Captain Swanson’s City of Polson, on Flathead Lake near Glacier, 1911" appears in: Glacier National Park’s Fleet and Captain J.W. “Billy” Swanson