Chris Roberts tosses a rope to tow a boat in distress during a patrol demonstration on Flathead Lake near Big Arm.
July 7, 2019
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July 7, 2019 4 a.m.
Kalispell Flotilla of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary seeks volunteers for boat patrols
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boat motored slowly through Flathead Lake’s cold chop near Melita Island. The lake’s waters were still frigid enough in late June to quickly incapacitate anyone who wound up in the water.