DescriptionThe highest point in the Mission Mountains, McDonald Peak is named for Angus McDonald, a Hudson’s Bay Company employee who in 1847 established a trading post at Fort Connah in the Flathead Valley. Angus’s son Duncan McDonald made a name for himself as a railroad surveyor and historian of the Flathead Indian Reservation and early fur trading posts.Personal NamesMcDonald, AngusMcDonald, DuncanContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeolocation[1] Elevation9820 ft. CountyLake County
