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unusual facts about Glacier National Park



Alberta Highway 6

Montana State Highway 17 in Glacier National Park becomes Alberta Highway 6 in Waterton Lakes National Park as it crosses the Canada–United States border at Chief Mountain.

Dalhart Windberg

Much of his art reflects his travels around Texas, Louisiana, the Rocky Mountains, many National Parks such as Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons,and Glacier National Park as well as the majestic Monument Valley.

Glacier National Park Fund

The Glacier National Park Fund (established in 1999), is an organization whose main goal is to raise money to support the demands of the Glacier National Park, located in West Glacier, Montana.

Montana Highway 40

Highway 40 forms the central part of the most-direct link between the two cities, allowing travel from the Hi-Line communities and Glacier National Park to the communities of the Columbia Valley in British Columbia without needing to detour south via Kalispell, Montana or north via the Crowsnest Pass between British Columbia and Alberta.

Polebridge, Montana

This community is named for the log bridge that formerly connected the North Fork Road in Glacier National Park to Montana Secondary Highway 486, over the North Fork Flathead River.

South Fork Flathead River

The river begins in the Bob Marshall Wilderness south of Glacier National Park, as does the Middle Fork Flathead River, at the confluence of two streams, Danaher Creek and Youngs Creek, between the Flathead Range and the Swan Range.


see also

Apgar

Apgar Village, a small village in Glacier National Park near West Glacier, Montana

Grinnell Glacier

The glacier is named for George Bird Grinnell, an early American conservationist and explorer, who was also a strong advocate of ensuring the creation of Glacier National Park.

Pacific Northwest Trail

Beginning at Chief Mountain Customs on the United States-Canadian border in central Montana, the Pacific Northwest Trail traverses the high mountains and valleys of Glacier National Park, travels across the Flathead River, up the Whitefish Divide, and through the Ten Lakes Scenic Area.

Redhorn

Redhorn Lake, in Glacier National Park, in the USA state of Montana

Redhorn Peak (8,113 feet (2,473 m)), located in the Livingston Range, Glacier National Park in the USA state of Montana