Bonner County
Bonner County in the Northern most territory of the State of Idaho is approximately 60 miles South of the Canadian Border.
Major Employers:
- Bonner General Hospital
- Coldwater Creek (national retailer)
- Litehouse Foods (manufacturer)
- Panhandle State Bank
- Quest Aircraft (manufacturer)
- Schweitzer Mountain Resort
- Unicep Packaging
- Wal-Mart
The Bonner County seat is Sandpoint with a population of 8,337
Other bordering communities located in Bonner County
- Ponderay: population 696
- Kootenai: population 498
- Dover: population 527
- Preist River: population 1,913 (largest city located west of Sandpoint)
- Clark Fork: population 578 (largest city located east of Sandpoint)
There are approximately 50 Lakes in Bonner County alone. It is definitely heaven for the Outdoor lover.
Two major bodies of water:
- Lake Pend Oreille: 2nd largest lake west of the Mississippi at approximately 75 miles long and with depths of up to 1,150 feet in some areas makes it the 5th deepest in the United States. It is fed by the Clark Fork River and the Pack River and drains via the Pend Oreille River.
- Priest Lake: Extends North to and comes within 15 miles of the Canadian border. Its history dates back 10,000 years to the ice age. It has a unique feature of a thouroughfare that connects Priest Lake with Upper Priest Lake.
