Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the western part of the contiguous United States. With a surface area of between 191.5 sq mi and 197 sq mi, it is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe. The lake is a remnant of the ancient inland sea, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial.
The water is so transparent makes it seem like a quite shallow lake. In fact, it’s very deep.
Its known maximum depth is 370.7 ft making it deeper than the average depths of the Yellow Sea or the Persian Gulf. The lake was raised 10 ft by Kerr Dam.It is one of the cleanest in the populated world for its size and type.
![Can you imagine going to prison for 10 years for a crime you didn’t commit? This high school football star and NFL hopeful, who was wrongly jailed for rape, was finally exonerated after the woman who accused him admitted she lied.
[Brian Banks, 26,] spent more than five years in prison and another five on parole. He had to register as a sex offender and was still wearing an ankle monitor during yesterday’s hearing.
“If I can do this, I can get through anything,” he told The Daily just after leaving a Long Beach, Calif., courtroom. “This was my hardest part, and, as they say, good things go to people who hustle while they wait.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4l93cHjzk1qf5y35o1_500.jpg)
