BAYVIEW — Locals call it the “dead zone” or “the hole.”

Cuddled into a geographic bowl on the southwest shore of Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview is one of the few remaining places in the region with no — or extremely limited — cellphone service.

“Depending on who your carrier is and which direction you stand, you can sometimes get bars,” Bayview resident Norma Jean Knowles said.

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