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template: byway.jade
id: "2490"
name: "International Selkirk Loop - Idaho"
distance: "78.1"
duration: Two hours to drive the Idaho part of the byway
description: "Receding glaciers carved this landscape. Encounter many opportunities to view wildlife at the area’s reserves and wildlife refuges. In 1809, explorer Dave Thompson searched for a river course to the Pacific, while in 1864 thousands of prospectors traveled to British Columbia’s gold fields on what became known as Wild Horse Trail."
contact: "**[International Selkirk Loop](http://www.selkirkloop.org)**  \r\n 888-823-2626  \r\n 208-267-0822  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:selkirkloop@verizon.net )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.fed.us/ipnf/index.html"
    name: Idaho Panhandle National Forests
  - url: "http://www.selkirkloop.org/"
    name: International Selkirk Loop
  - url: "http://www.idahobyways.gov/byways/wild-horse.aspx"
    name: Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway
designations: 
  - "All-American Road"
states: 
  - ID
includes: 
  - "13574"
  - "52865"
part of: 
  - "2486"
ll: 
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  - 48.183967999923425
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---

Receding glaciers carved this landscape. Encounter many opportunities to view wildlife at the area’s reserves and wildlife refuges. In 1809, explorer Dave Thompson searched for a river course to the Pacific, while in 1864 thousands of prospectors traveled to British Columbia’s gold fields on what became known as Wild Horse Trail.