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Trail of the Cedars
On the Trail of the Cedars along Avalanche Creek, and on t...
McDonald Valley
Complexities of the forest food web are also illustrated o...
Civilian Conservation Corps Garages
The Civilian Conservation Corps equipment sheds and the as...
Fire Cache
An integral part of the management of the park’s fire crew...
Fire Management Office
The year of park establishment, 1910 was a monumental year...
Commissioner’s Residence
When Glacier National Park was established in 1910, legal ...
Granite Park Chalets/ Many Glacier Hotel
By 1915 Granite Park Chalets and the Many Glacier Hotel we...
Lake McDonald
Completion of the Great Northern Railway in 1891 allowed m...
Grinnell Glacier
In 1885, George Bird Grinnell, popularly known as the fath...
Blackfeet Reservation (Ceded Strip)
The Nitsitapii (“real people”), collectively called the Bl...
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Trail of the Cedars
On the Trail of the Cedars along Avalanche Creek, and on the Johns Lake Trail, visitors walk through some of the shadiest parts of the park. Huge western red cedars, hemlocks and cottonwoods absorb nearly all the direct sunlight in ...
McDonald Valley
Complexities of the forest food web are also illustrated on a very small scale by the red-backed vole in Glacier Park's west-side old growth forests. The voles eat mostly fungus, so they flourish in the dark undergrowth-free ancient forests of ...
Civilian Conservation Corps Garages
The Civilian Conservation Corps equipment sheds and the associated boulevard lie on both sides of the wide median in the maintenance yard. Construction of the sheds began in 1941. The sheds were originally built to store the heavy equipment used ...
Fire Cache
An integral part of the management of the park’s fire crew, the fire cache was built in 1933 and houses tools along with a map room and radio room for dispatch complete with a telephone switchboard. Previously, the building served ...
Fire Management Office
The year of park establishment, 1910 was a monumental year for fire in the western U.S. Glacier National Park has had a fire management operations office for over 70 years, and the first office was located in the fire cache ...
Commissioner’s Residence
When Glacier National Park was established in 1910, legal jurisdiction of the land was ceded to the federal government. This created the position of the U.S. Commissioner, who served as the judicial authority, trying criminals and handling other legal matters. ...
Granite Park Chalets/ Many Glacier Hotel
By 1915 Granite Park Chalets and the Many Glacier Hotel were completed and opened for business; this completed and put into operation the major portion of the Great Northern Hotels in the park. These, along with the private hotels and ...
Lake McDonald
Completion of the Great Northern Railway in 1891 allowed more people to enter the area. The rich natural resources of the land west of Marias Pass attracted enterprising individuals seeking to make homes in this wilderness. Lake McDonald and its ...
Grinnell Glacier
In 1885, George Bird Grinnell, popularly known as the father of the movement to establish Glacier National Park, first came to the area. Grinnell returned to the area in 1887, this time traveling up the Swiftcurrent valley to what is ...
Blackfeet Reservation (Ceded Strip)
The Nitsitapii (“real people”), collectively called the Blackfoot, comprise three distinct groups: the Blackfoot or Siksika, the Blood or Kainai, and Piegan or Piikani. The collective use of the names Blackfoot in Canada and Blackfeet in the United States developed ...
