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Outline of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Glacier National Park (U.S.), the U.S. portion of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
Glacier National Park history
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- Exploration
- People
- Explorers
- Norman Clyde, mountaineer with many first ascents
- James Willard Schultz, author, guide, responsible for naming a great many Glacier peaks, passes and lakes.
- John Frank Stevens, first European to discover Marias Pass, 1889
- Frank B. Wynn, first to climb the highest peak in the park, 1920
- Park superintendents and administrators
- Park rangers
- Engineers and architects
- Photographers, artists and illustrators
- Naturalists and scientists
- George Bird Grinnell - Early naturalist promoting Glacier
- A. Starker Leopold - author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
- Military
- Politicians
- 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
- Explorers
- Historic events
- History of the National Park Service
- Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
- Advocates
- Concessionaires
- Don Hummel
- Glacier Park Company
- James Jerome Hill, Chief executive of Great Northern Railway
Geography
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- Glaciers
- Retreat of Glaciers in Rocky Mountains
- Agassiz Glacier
- Ahern Glacier
- Baby Glacier
- Blackfoot Glacier
- Boulder Glacier
- Carter Glaciers
- Chaney Glacier
- Dixon Glacier
- Gem Glacier
- Grinnell Glacier
- Harris Glacier
- Harrison Glacier
- Herbst Glacier
- Hudson Glacier
- Ipasha Glacier
- Jackson Glacier
- Kintla Glacier
- Logan Glacier
- Lupfer Glacier
- Miche Wabun Glacier
- North Swiftcurrent Glacier
- Old Sun Glacier
- Piegan Glacier
- Pumpelly Glacier
- Pumpkin Glacier
- Rainbow Glacier
- Red Eagle Glacier
- Sexton Glacier
- Shepard Glacier
- Siyeh Glacier
- Sperry Glacier
- Swiftcurrent Glacier
- The Salamander Glacier
- Thunderbird Glacier
- Two Ocean Glacier
- Vulture Glacier
- Weasel Collar Glacier
- Whitecrow Glacier
- Lakes
Bowman Lake - Akaiyan Lake
- Arrow Lake
- Atsina Lake
- Aurice Lake
- Avalanche Lake
- Beaver Woman Lake
- Bench Lake
- Bowman Lake
- Boy Lake
- Buffalo Woman Lake
- Camas Lake
- Carcajou Lake
- Cerulean Lake
- Cobalt Lake
- Cosley Lake
- Cracker Lake
- Elizabeth Lake
- Falling Leaf Lake
- Feather Woman Lake
- Fishercap Lake
- Gem Lake
- Glenns Lake
- Goat Lake
- Goat Haunt Lake
- Grace Lake
- Green Lake
- Gunsight Lake
- Gyrfalcon Lake
- Harrison Lake
- Helen Lake
- Hidden Lake
- Iceberg Lake
- Ipasha Lake
- Jackstraw Lake
- Kaina Lake
- Katoya Lake
- Kennedy Lake
- Kintla Lake
- Kootenai Lakes
- Lake Ellen Wilson
- Lake Evangeline
- Lake Frances
- Lake Isabel
- Lake Josephine (Montana)
- Lake McDonald
- Lake Nooney
- Lake of the Seven Winds
Saint Mary Lake - Lake Sherburne
- Lake Wurdeman
- Lena Lake
- Lincoln Lake
- Logging Lake
- Lonely Lakes
- Lower Quartz Lake
- Lower Two Medicine Lake
- Margaret Lake
- Medicine Grizzly Lake
- Medicine Owl Lake
- Miche Wabun Lake
- Middle Quartz Lake
- Mokowanis Lake
- Morning Star Lake
- Nahsukin Lake
- Natahki Lake
- No Name Lake
- Oldman Lake
- Otatso Lake
- Otokomi Lake
- Pitamakan Lake
- Poia Lake
- Pray Lake
- Ptarmigan Lake
- Quartz Lake
- Red Eagle Lake
- Redhorn Lake
- Redrock Lake
- Rogers Lake
- Ruger Lake
- Running Crane Lake
- Saint Mary Lake
- Shaheeya Lake
- Slide Lake
- Snow Moon Lake
- Snyder Lake
- Stoney Indian Lake
- Striped Elk Lake
- Sue Lake
- Swiftcurrent Lake
- Three Bears Lake
- Trout Lake
- Twin Lakes
- Two Medicine Lake
- Upper Grinnell Lake
- Upper Snyder Lake
- Upper Two Medicine Lake
- Wahseeja Lake
- Whitecrow Lake
- Windmaker Lake
- Young Man Lake
- Mountains
Chief Mountain - Ahern Peak
- Allen Mountain
- Almost-a-Dog Mountain
- Amphitheater Mountain
- Anaconda Peak
- Apikuni Mountain
- Appistoki Peak
- Bad Marriage Mountain
- Battlement Mountain
- Bear Mountain
- Bearhat Mountain
- Bearhead Mountain
- Bishops Cap
- Blackfoot Mountain
- Boulder Peak
- Brave Dog Mountain
- Campbell Mountain
- Caper Peak
- Cathedral Peak
- Chapman Peak
- Church Butte
- Chief Mountain
- Citadel Mountain
Clements Mountain - Clements Mountain
- Cloudcroft Peaks
- Cracker Peak
- Crowfeet Mountain
- Curly Bear Mountain
- Divide Mountain
- Eagle Plume Mountain
- Eagle Ribs Mountain
- Eaglehead Mountain
- East Flattop Mountain
- Edwards Mountain
- Flinsch Peak
- Fusillade Mountain
- Gable Mountain
- Goat Haunt Mountain
- Goat Mountain
- Going-to-the-Sun Mountain
- Grizzly Mountain
Mount Cleveland, the tallest peak in the Park - Gunsight Mountain
- Heavens Peak
- Iceberg Peak
- Ipasha Peak
- Kaina Mountain
- Kinnerly Peak
- Kintla Peak
- Kootenai Peak
- Kupunkamint Mountain
- Lewis Range
- Little Chief Mountain
- Little Dog Mountain
- Livingston Range
- Logging Mountain
- Lone Walker Mountain
- Long Knife Peak
- Longfellow Peak
- Mad Wolf Mountain
Mount Saint Nicholas - Mahtotopa Mountain
- Matahpi Peak
- McClintock Peak
- McPartland Mountain
- Medicine Grizzly Peak
- Medicine Owl Peak
- Miche Wabun Peak
- Mount Cleveland
- Mount Brown
- Mount Cannon
- Mount Carter
- Mount Custer
- Mount Despair
- Mount Doody
- Mount Ellsworth
- Mount Geduhn
- Mount Gould
- Mount Grinnell
- Mount Helen
- Mount Henkel
- Mount Henry
- Mount Jackson
- Mount James
- Mount Kipp
Mount Reynolds - Mount Logan
- Mount Merritt
- Mount Morgan
- Mount Oberlin
- Mount Peabody
- Mount Phillips
- Mount Pinchot
- Mount Rockwell
- Mount Saint Nicholas
- Mount Siyeh
- Mount Stimson
- Mount Thompson
- Mount Vaught
- Mount Wilbur
- Nahsukin Mountain
- Natoas Peak
- Norris Mountain
- Numa Peak
- Parke Peak
- Paul Bunyans Cabin
- Peril Peak
- Piegan Mountain
- Pollock Mountain
- Pyramid Peak
- Rainbow Peak
- Razoredge Mountain
- Red Eagle Mountain
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain - Red Mountain
- Redhorn Peak
- Reuter Peak
- Reynolds Mountain
- Rising Wolf Mountain
- Sarcee Mountain
- Seward Mountain
- Shaheeya Peak
- Sheep Mountain
- Sherburne Peak
- Sinopah Mountain
- Split Mountain
- Square Peak
- Stoney Indian Peaks
- Summit Mountain
- Swiftcurrent Mountain
- The Guardhouse
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Tinkham Mountain
- Triple Divide Peak
- Vigil Peak
- Vulture Peak
- Wahcheechee Mountain
- Walton Mountain
- White Calf Mountain
- Wolftail Mountain
- Wynn Mountain
- Yellow Mountain
- Rivers
- Waterfalls
- Specific areas
- Roads and passes
Going to the Sun Road, 1932
Geology
[edit]- Geologic formations
Flora
[edit]Fauna
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- Bighorn sheep
- Canadian lynx
- Grizzly bear
- Elk
- Gray wolf
- Leopold Report - Seminal 1963 Study: "Wildlife Management In The National Parks"
- Mountain goat
Districts and structures
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- Belly River Ranger Station Historic District
- Cut Bank Ranger Station Historic District
- East Glacier Ranger Station Historic District
- Great Northern Railway Buildings
- Headquarters Historic District
- Kintla Lake Ranger Station
- Kishenehn Ranger Station Historic District
- Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District
- Many Glacier
- Nyack Ranger Station Historic District
- Polebridge Ranger Station Historic District
- Saint Mary Ranger Station
- St. Mary Utility Area Historic District
- Sherburne Ranger Station Historic District
- Swiftcurrent Auto Camp Historic District
- Swiftcurrent Ranger Station Historic District
- Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District
- Walton Ranger Station Historic District
- Historic Structures, Hotels and Lodges
- Belton Chalets
- Glacier Park Lodge
- Granite Park Chalet
- Gunsight Pass Shelter
- Lake McDonald Lodge
- Logan Pass Visitor Center
- Many Glacier Barn and Bunkhouse
- Many Glacier Hotel
- Rising Sun Auto Camp
- Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin
- Sperry Chalet
- Swanson Boathouse
- Two Medicine Campground Camptender's Cabin
- Two Medicine Store
- West Entrance Station
- Fire lookouts
- Ranger patrol cabins
- Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin
- Coal Creek Patrol Cabin
- Ford Creek Patrol Cabin
- Goathaunt Bunkhouse
- Kootenai Creek Snowshoe Cabin
- Lee Creek Snowshoe Cabin
- Logan Creek Patrol Cabin
- Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse
- Lower Nyack Snowshoe Cabin
- Lower Park Creek Patrol Cabin
- Pass Creek Snowshoe Cabin
- Quartz Lake Patrol Cabin
- Slide Lake-Otatso Creek Patrol Cabin and Woodshed
- Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin
- Upper Kintla Lake Patrol Cabin
- Upper Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin
- Upper Nyack Snowshoe Cabin
- Upper Park Creek Patrol Cabin
- Other structures
Recreation
[edit]- Continental Divide Trail
- Glacier National Park Tourist Trails--Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle
- Highline Trail (Glacier National Park)
- Ptarmigan Tunnel
- Trail of the Cedars
Media coverage
[edit]Trivia
[edit]Entrance Communities
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- Apgar Village
- Babb, Montana
- Blackfeet Indian Reservation
- Browning, Montana
- Columbia Falls, Montana
- Coram, Montana
- East Glacier Park Village, Montana
- Hungry Horse, Montana
- Kalispell, Montana - Closest commercial airport to Glacier
- Polebridge, Montana
- Rising Sun (Montana)
- St. Mary, Montana
- West Glacier, Montana
- Highways
See also
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