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Eastward, Glacier station, c.1920. After the tunnel route became operational, the Rogers Pass and Glacier House communities gravitated to the west portal locality in 1917. However, CP maintained the road up to Glacier House. [16] A new log station opened that year, [49] and the post office venue changed. [50]
Glacier National Park is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada, and one of seven national parks in British Columbia.Established in 1886, the park encompasses 1,349 km 2 (521 sq mi), and includes a portion of the Selkirk Mountains, which are part of the larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains.
Musee McCord Museum, Set 72157625746176552, ID 5323500915, Original title Glacier House, Glacier Park, BC, 1897 File usage The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
Glacier National Park was established in 1886, and Glacier House, a small hotel, was built near the terminus of the glacier in the same year. [5] The hotel was expanded in 1892 and 1904, [7] and by 1907 the glacier was described as the "most visited glacier in the Americas". [6] At this point, the glacier was called the "Great Glacier" by CPR ...
The Arthur O. Wheeler hut is an alpine hut located four km southwest of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, British Columbia.Although not truly a backcountry hut, this log cabin is situated conveniently close to the Trans-Canada Highway in the Selkirk Mountains, west of the Rocky Mountains.
The three earliest locations (Mount Stephen House, Glacier House and North Bend) were initially only dining stops, necessary because steep railway grades made hauling a dining car uneconomical. [2] Thomas Sorby's design for these three hotels was inspired by Swiss Chalets. [3] Former CP hotel, Balfour BC, 1918
Youngs Peak is a 2,815-metre (9,236-foot) glaciated mountain summit in Glacier National Park, in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. [4] It is 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Rogers Pass, 58 km (36 mi) northeast of Revelstoke, and 36 km (22 mi) west of Golden.
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