Sandpoint City Beach in 1950.

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Aerial view is of the Sandpoint City beach in the 1950’s. The newly built beach house was the center of the park area. The entrance to the beach (top right corner) was from Bridge Street and under the Burlington Northern (Previous Northern Pacific) railroad. Courtesy of the Bonner County Historical Museum.

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By Mary Garrison
Sandpoint’s Qapquape Long before the Europeans invaded north Idaho, the semi nomadic hunting/digging/fishing Kalispel Tribe made the shores of Lake Pend Oreille their home. These “Canoe People” or “Lake Paddlers,” as they were called by…