Cadotte Pass

Cadotte Pass, known in the mid to late 1800s as Cadotte's Pass, is a pass in the Rocky Mountains located on the Continental Divide in the U.S. state of Montana. 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, Territorial Governor of the Montana Territory, named the pass after Cadotte in 1853.[3] The pass is 6,073 feet (1,851 m) above sea level.[4]

Cadotte Pass
Elevation6,073 ft (1,851 m)
LocationLewis and Clark County, Montana, United States
RangeRocky Mountains
Coordinates47°05′58″N 112°23′37″W
Topo mapUSGS Cadotte Pass (MT)

See also

Cited references
  1. Stevens, Isaac I. (1855). Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Beverly Tucker, Printer. p. 27.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. SPCC, CSKT (2008). The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803216433.
  3. Thrapp, Dan L. (1988). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780803294172.
  4. "Cadotte Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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