Our lodging Calendar, area info Fishing report Hunting info Photo gallery Contact us Calendar, area info Buckhorn calendar Fort Peck area information There are just so many things to do and it never seems there's enough time to enjoy them all. Things to do int he Fort Peck area include fishing, boating, water sports, hunting, sight-seeing, hiking and a wide array of area activities from rodeos to blues festivals to bird-watching tours. Just check out our calendar to learn what's happening each month in the Fort Peck Area. And if you want to learn more about the area and what it has to offer, go down to our section on Fort Peck area info. Buckhorn Lodge and Retreat calendar Check here for information on area events and the availability of the Buckhorn Lodge and Retreat for lodging in the coming year. Days when the Buckhorn is booked for use are marked as "BOOKED." The Buckhorn is available on all other dates. Feel free to contact us by e-mail for more information or call us at (406) 526-3200. Use the scroll bar at the right to see more months or just click on a month Fort Peck area info Today's town of Fort Peck came about because of the construction of Fort Peck Dam in the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal public works programs. Construction on the four-mile-long, earthen-fill dam begain in 1933 and brought thousands of workers to this part of Montana during the Great Depression, a time when a good job was well worth traveling far to find. The dam was completed in 1940, taking its name from an old trading post set up in 1867 by Colonel Campbell K. Peck and Commander E.H. Durfee on the Missouri River. Fort Peck offers many recreation and entertainment opportunities. It has six recreation areas within a few miles of the dam that provide access for water sports, fishing and hunting. The Beaver Creek Nature Trail starts at the campground downstream from the dam and leads through unique Missouri River wildlife habitat. A wildlife viewing auto route, the Leo B. Coleman Wildlife Exhibit, takes off from near the Fort Peck Theater. You can go through the Fort Peck Interpretive Center which houses fossils and dinosaur skeletons. You can tour the Dam's power house and learn of the history of the dam's construction. There's Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Fort Peck Fish Hatchery. And, be sure to check out the schedule for the Fort Peck Summer Theater, which puts on plays and musical productions from late May through early September. The theater building itself was built as a movie house for the dam builders in 1934 and retains that atmosphere of a 1930s vintage theaer. It's worth noting, too, that the Fort Peck area is the eastern edge of the more-than-100-miles-long C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge which straddles both sides of Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River above the lake. It provides great scenery, abundant wildlife and plenty of public lands to explore. You can learn more about the Fort Peck area by clicking on the links below: Some quick facts about Fort Peck Reservoir History of Fort Peck Dam Travel Montana's Missouri River Country Missouri River Country History Fort Peck Interpretive Center The Montana Dinosaur Trail C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Army Corps of Engineers Fort Peck Project Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Back to our home page Buckhorn Lodge and Retreat Fort Peck, Montana Phone: (406) 526-3200 E-mail the Buckhorn Copyright, 2009, Buckhorn Lodge and Retreat Web work by BigSkyOutdoors.Net