History lessons on the Missouri … by canoe. Paddling trips show you Lewis and Clark's West

Sunset, June, 1991

River outfitters

These outfitters have BLM permits for river trips; rates are for guided canoe trips (G), canoe rentals (C), and shuttle service (S).

Missouri River Outfitters, Box 1212, Fort Benton; 622-3925. Rates: G, $80 per person per day for three-to seven-day trips May 15 through September; C, $12. From May 15 through August, one-to five-day trips in the 32-foot, flat-bottomed riverboat are $90 per person; S, $35 to $420.

Missouri River Canoe Company (see Virgelle Mercantile Antiques, above). Rates: C, $15 a day; S, $85 to $275.

Montana River Outfitters, 1401 Fifth Ave. S., Great Falls 59405; 761-1677. Rates: G, from $15 (one day) to $100 (three to five days). C, $25 a day; rubber rafts, $25 to $60. S, $25 to $240.

Medicine Lake Outfitters, Box 3663, Bozeman 59772; 388-4938. Rates; G, $750 (five days), $1,500 (ten days).

Sharon Pavlovick, Judith Landing, Box 874, Big Sandy 59520; 386-2421. Rates: S, $60 to $200.

Upper Missouri Keelboat Company, 8385 Buffalo Horn Dr., Helena 59601. Rates: $750 (three days) and $1,500 (five days) for trips in a six-passenger keelboat.