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Broadwater county was taken from Meagher and Jefferson Counties. Created and boundaries defined by Act of February 9th, 1897, to take effect March 1st, 1897. County seat established at Townsend.![mapdata[1] mapdata[1]](./assets/images/mapdata_1_.gif)
Broadwater County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. The population is 4,385. Its county seat is Townsend.
The county was named for Charles Arthur Broadwater, a noted Montana railroad, real estate, and banking magnate
To wns: Townsend, (Census designated places) Radersburg, Toston,Winston and Lombard.
BROADWATER COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN TOWNSEND, MONTANA
Helena National Forest is located in west-central Montana, in the United States. Covering 976,000 acres (4,000 km²), the forest is broken into several separate sections. The eastern regions are dominated by the Big Belt Mountains, and are the location of the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, which remains much as it did when the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the region. The western sections have both the continental divide and the Scapegoat Wilderness area, which is part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex. The southern region includes the Elkhorn Mountains. The forest is composed of a mixture of grass and sagebrush covered lowlands with "island" pockets of lodgepole pine and more mountainous areas where Douglas fir, spruce and larch can be found. The rocky mountains in the region do not exceed 10,000 feet.
Helena National Forest The grizzly bear has a sizeable sustained population in the northwestern section of the forest, especially in the Scapegoat Wilderness. Black bears are numerous as are elk, moose, mule deer, and antelope. There are also small populations of bighorn sheep and mountain goats. Along streams and lakes, sightings of nesting bald eagles and other birds of prey are becoming more common due to protection of these species and their vitally important waterways.
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