Description
Heads in Lolo National Forest, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) SE of Cube Iron Mountain, flows W to join enter Clark Fork, 7.9 km (4.9 mi) NW of Thompson Falls, 1.5 km (1 mi) SE of Belknap.
History
The word Sqaylth-kwum is the Anglicization of the Salish traditional name for the Thompson Falls area and an onomatopoetic word referring to the sound of water going over the falls.