Cartography Comes Alive
Meadow Creek Gorge: A Late-Season Float on a Flathead Wild & Scenic River Corridor
June 10th, 2026 6:30-8:00 PM
Xplorer Maps Headquarters
1245 South 3rd St. W.
Missoula, MT 59801
Join us at Xplorer Maps’ world headquarters in Missoula, MT, for Cartography Comes Alive (Cartography Comes Alive – Xplorer Maps https://xplorermaps.com/pages/cartography-comes-alive)— FREE monthly event series running from September through May. Each event showcases extraordinary explorers, engaging storytellers, and expert educators who bring the world to life through their incredible journeys and insights.
Join us for a chill late-season float down the stunning Flathead Wild & Scenic River and soak in those gorge views!
Featuring: Geoffrey Gill, Volunteer Coordinator, Flathead Rivers Alliance
Join us for an evening on the river — through story, science, and stunning photography.
Geoffrey Gill, a lifelong river rat whose journey began on Virginia’s James River and led him from the Pacific Coast to Montana’s Crown of the Continent, shares reflections from a recent float through Meadow Creek Gorge — one of the most remote and least-traveled stretches of the Flathead Wild & Scenic corridor.
With a background as a fisheries scientist, river ranger, and outdoor educator, Geoffrey now works at the intersection of community and river management along Montana’s Wild & Scenic Three Forks of the Flathead River. His work focuses on bridging perspectives between administrators, outfitters, and everyday river users — because protecting wild rivers requires all of us pulling in the same direction.
Through images and firsthand stories, this presentation highlights one of Montana’s most outstanding natural resources and explores what it truly means for a river to be “Wild & Scenic” — not just in designation, but in experience.
Come for the river stories. Leave with a deeper understanding of the currents that connect us.
