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Built in 1937 and designed by the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Plans and Design, this small cabin is significant for its association with an important trend in park visitation patterns: the increase of middle-class automobile tourists and federal (versus concessionaire) development of infrastructure appropriate to this new clientele ...
Kelly's Camp is a small district of vacation cabins on the west shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Kelly's Camp consists of twelve log buildings along the western shore of the lake. The structures were notable for being one of the most extensive summer cabin enclaves remaining in the park.
Rising Sun is a wayside area that has a National Park Service [5] campground, [6] a camp store and gift shop, [7] picnic area, restaurant, [8] as well as a motel and guest cabins [7] [9] which are managed by the park's concessionaire, Xanterra Parks & Resorts. [10]
Glacier National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border.The park encompasses more than 1 million acres (4,100 km 2) and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), more than 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals.
Dec. 4—Visitors to Glacier National Park hoping to secure permits for wilderness camping, also known as backcountry camping, for next season can enter early access lotteries in the spring of 2024.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
The Lee Creek Snowshoe Cabin was built in Glacier National Park in 1925–27 by Austin Swikert as a shelter for winter hikers. The log structure consists of a single room with wood floor, unfinished walls and roof. A trap door in the floor provides access to a small cellar food cache.
William Howard Taft - U.S. president who signed law creating Glacier, May 11, 1910; Henry L. Stimson - Politician and promoter of creating the park; Promoters. Louis W. Hill, Great Northern Railway; Historic events. History of the National Park Service; Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th ...