Sylvanite, MT

Sylvanite is a census-designated place in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census counted 98 residents. The community is in Kootenai National Forest in northwestern Lincoln County, in the valley of the Yaak River, a south-flowing tributary of the Kootenai River. Yaak River Road runs through the valley, leading south 11 miles to U.S. Route 2 in the Kootenai valley and northeast 17 miles to Yaak. A newcomer can read Sylvanite through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Sylvanite comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.