The Flathead Valley is a region in the Northwestern Montana Territory. It includes parts of Flathead County and Lake County. Notable communities include Kalispell, Bigfork, Whitefish (ghost town in the RPG), Columbia Falls, Polson, Ronan, and St. Ignatius. The geography of the Flathead roughly corresponds to the valley where Flathead Lake is located, with two distinct ends – the northern (or upper) Flathead Valley and the southern (lower) Flathead Valley. The region is becoming very popular since gold and other precious metals have been discovered as well as for the hunting and fishing.