# Shields River

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The **Shields River** is a tributary of the [Yellowstone River](/source/Yellowstone_River), 65.4 miles (105.3 km) long, in [Meagher](/source/Meagher_County,_Montana) and [Park Counties](/source/Park_County,_Montana) [Montana](/source/Montana) in the [United States](/source/United_States).

It rises in the [Gallatin National Forest](/source/Gallatin_National_Forest) in the [Crazy Mountains](/source/Crazy_Mountains) in northern [Park County](/source/Park_County,_Montana). It flows west, then south, between the [Bridger Range](/source/Bridger_Mountains_(Montana)) to the west and the Crazy Mountains to the east, past [Wilsall](/source/Wilsall,_Montana) and [Clyde Park](/source/Clyde_Park,_Montana). It joins the Yellowstone approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of [Livingston](/source/Livingston,_Montana). The Shields River was named for [John Shields (explorer)](/source/John_Shields_(explorer)), a member of the [Lewis and Clark Expedition](/source/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition).[3]

The river hosts native [Yellowstone cutthroat trout](/source/Yellowstone_cutthroat_trout) and [Mountain whitefish](/source/Mountain_whitefish) as well as introduced [brown](/source/Brown_trout) and [rainbow trout](/source/Rainbow_trout).[4]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Montana](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Montana)
- [Montana Stream Access Law](/source/Montana_Stream_Access_Law)

## Notes

1. 790415.

1. ["USGS Surface Water data for Montana: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics"](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=06195600&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw)

1. Gannett, Henry,"The origin of certain place names in the United States", Google eBook.

1. ["Waterbody Report-Shields River"](http://fwpiis.mt.gov/dotNetApps/MFISH/Reports.aspx?LLID=1104569457234&begmeas=0&endmeas=65.3610). Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2015-07-08.

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