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Cataldo is a small, friendly town. It hosts a post office, restaurant, and a very large RV camping area in a perfect location. Camping is right beside the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River and the Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park. The Trail of the Coeur d'Alene's wanders through several wetland areas. Spot land critters like otters, muskrats, beavers, ducks, swans, and geese. Throw a hook in the water in an attempt to capture northern pike, bass, trout, and more splashing in the deep waters. If you are lucky you will see several families of moose, deer, and elk. Watch out for bear, cougar, and porcupine for some of our more interesting land tenants. From here the back-country of Latour Creek is accessible. Hiking, fishing, alpine lakes and more abound. Cataldo welcomes all by providing a large parking area. Our only request is that you leave our beautiful home as pristine as when you arrived.
The Coeur d'Alene Indians had a village here known as sq'wt'u. The town is named for Father Joseph Cataldo, SJ, who served at the Old Mission from 1865 to 1870. Patrick J. Whalen, the first homesteader in this area, platted the town of Cataldo. Whalen built a log cabin and operated a ferry across the Coeur d'Alene River connecting to the Mullan Road. When the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company came through in 1889, Whalen discontinued his ferry. The Cataldo Mission remains as one of the oldest and most treasured buildings in Kootenai County.