| Official Name: | West Kootenai, Montana |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Pushpin Map: | Montana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | West Kootenai |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 41.79 |
| Area Land Km2: | 41.63 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.16 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 16.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 16.07 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 422 |
| Population Density Km2: | 10.14 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 26.25 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2780 |
| Coordinates: | 48.9631°N -115.2192°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 30-79105 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583864 |
West Kootenai is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Montana, United States. The population was 365 at the 2010 census.[2]
The West Kootenai was the location for an all-boys boarding school due to its remote location. It is now closed.
West Kootenai is in northern Lincoln County, Montana on the west side of Lake Koocanusa, a large reservoir on the Kootenai River. The community is within the Kootenai National Forest. The northern boundary of the CDP is the Canada–United States border, with the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, to the north. There is no border crossing through West Kootenai; road access is from the south via West Kootenai Road. The city of Eureka, Montana, to the southeast as the crow flies, is distant by road.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the West Kootenai CDP has a total area of 41.8sqkm, of which 41.6sqkm are land and 0.2sqkm, or 0.46%, are water.[3]
There are a few named lakes in the West Kootenai. Along West Kootenai Road is Tooley Lake and further down is Alkali Lake accessed via dirt road.