Bonners Ferry

This area started with sparsely scattering of ranches and a few promising mines. The Kootenai Tribe's historic path to fishing grounds at Lake Pend Oreille became quite well traveled when thousands of prospectors traveled the path to find gold in Wild Horse Creek, 120 miles to the north of Bonners Ferry Idaho in British Columbia. In 1864 a man by the name of Edwin Bonner constructed a ferry where the trail crossed the Kootenai River. The Norwegian-built steamer, , launched in 1883 and carried passengers and freight for the next 25 years. After the turn of the century, The Kootenai river coined the term the Nile of the north and Bonners Ferry became a lumber town, Sporting one of the worlds largest mills. Today Bonners Ferry is Rich in history, wild life and splendid beauty.

Bonners Ferry is the largest city in and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,543 at the 2010 census. Bonners.

The Porthill-Rykerts Border Crossing connects Bonners Ferry with Creston, British Columbia, Canada, on the Kootenay River.

The Eastport–Kingsgate Border Crossing connects Bonners Ferry with Yak, British Columbia, Canada, on the Moyie River.

When gold was discovered in the East Kootenays of British Columbia in 1863, thousands of prospectors from all over the West surged northward over

a route that became known as the Wildhorse Trail, brought, logging.

Moving into the 20th century, the town became the center of a lumbering and farming community. The valley land was drained, levees were constructed and farms

were cleared on the benches. The rich Kootenai Valley became known as the "Nile of the North,"  Bonners Ferry is also know for hunting, fishing, rafting and a variety of other 

popular recreational events.