old town in middle of Holter lake

[1goldsniper]

Sorry this doesn't have to do with fishing totally but does anyone know any history on the (old town?) that can be seen under the water out in front of, I think log gulch, in holter? You see it fairly plain on google earth.

[bowhtr]

Its a reflection of the buildings that are there on shore.  Only old town I know of that is under water is in Canyon Ferry

[rambo51]

It's probably when the last hot perch bite was happening everybody was out there in wooden ice shantys and a chinook came up and melted the ice instantly...

[Meatfisherman]

Are the structures still possible to find

[MTntv]

Its the old holter lidge,global warming put it under water 50 years ago.

[wyogator]

I don't know anything about this.  I thought you were referring to a canoe.

[Luvinfishun]

We spent all of our summers up at the ranch at the head of Holter (It’s the FWP site now).  We went around that lake hundreds of times and there wasn’t a town out there.  It was all lake then.  This would have been at least 55 years ago.  The bar/lodge was always on shore! 
If I am wrong it would be interesting to know.  (Global warming?)

[1goldsniper]

I am leaning towards bowhtr's take as reflection of building's on shore But it doesn't match much on shore so ??

[Strippnthedream]

Didn't find anything about n old town, but this is a cool little read n pics.

http://www.helenahistory.org/dams.htm

[SpitzoMT]

Didn't find anything about n old town, but this is a cool little read n pics.

http://www.helenahistory.org/dams.htm

Thanks for the Montana history lesson STD !! What a great read & Love all the old photos !!

[nutinbutjiggin]

Thanks for the Montana history lesson STD !! What a great read & Love all the old photos !!

X2!
That's more cool photos and info than I have ever seen on the Canyon Ferry dam and the north end of the lake. Way more than what's in there little visitor center there.
Thanks

[OTTOCAR]

WOW!!!  What a cool web site.  A great read &pics,  but a lot of overall good info about a lot of things around Helena.  Thanks!!

[winston6wt]

Dang! Incredible collection of photos and history. I had no idea.

[1goldsniper]

YES ! Thanks for the info.

[MTntv]

 it also shows you exactly how walleye got in Canyon ferry, despite the fish n games conspiracy theories about bucket biologist the walleye were in Hauser and when they built the second damn they introduced walleye to Canyon ferry reservoir.

[Whovits19]

Really interesting, thanks for sharing!

[bigicedown]

Very interesting read. In the "west of Helena" section there is information about the old Pine Hills Golf Course which was about a mile east of Rimini/Priest Pass road. There is a satellite image showing the layout including the tennis courts and pro shop. Problem is, the course closed in 1923 and we built the tennis court shown in 1972. Can't always be right, I guess.