Glacier national park (the USA)

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the Glacier national park findsand became in Montana at the 11. May 1910 furnished. The park is 4,047 km ² largely and protects a mountain, a forest, and sea-landscape. In the north the Waterton Lakes national park borders on the park on Canadian side. Both parks together became 1932 as Waterton Glacier internationally Peace park too„international peace park to one “appointed and 1995 as the world inheritance explains. The Glacier national park is since 1976 a biosphere reservation.

In Canadian British Colombia there is a further national park with the name Glacier and in Alaska lies the Glacier Bay national park.

geography

the park contains numerous mountains, Wasserfälle, large and small seas and a few fast melting glacier. “Tripolarize Divide peak” is a mountain, a part of the Wasserscheide between the Pacific ocean, which forms Hudson Bay and the gulf of Mexico. The larger seas of the park are the “Lake McDonald”, the “Two Medicine Lake”, “sp Mary Lake” and the “Lake Sherburne”. The north arm of the Flathead Rivers forms the west border of the park.

Adjacentbecause of the park national Forest, the Great Bear Wilderness , the Lewis and Clark are national to Forest in the USA the Indian reservation of the Blackfoot, the Flathead. The Waterton Lakes national park, the Akamina Kishinena Provincial park and the Flathead Provincial Forest lie in Canada.

glaciers

in the park give it about 50 smaller glaciers. Their size is enough from 1,74km ² with the Blackfoot glacier up to 0,06 km ² with in accordance with Gle. Altogether the vergletscherte surface in the park amounts to 27 km ². Further well-known glaciers are the Grinnel glacier, the Salamander and the Jackson glaciers. 1850 gave it in the area of the today's park of still about 150 glaciers and the size of the today still existing glaciers on for instance a third to the size at that time shrank. It is accepted that 2030 the glaciers of the park completely meltedwill be.

Flora and fauna

2003 were destroyed approximately 10% of the forest surface of the Parkes by Waldbrände.

The park is the homeland of the Grizzlybären, the black bear as well as the snow goat, the mountain sheep, and moose.

history and activities

The Great Northern Railway - society operated a line around 1891 south the today's park. 1900 were proven the area as forest protected area. Mining industry was not still permitted however was profitable. 1910 converted the railway company a row hotel and houses in the style of Swiss of mountain yards,to set in motion the tourism. The holiday-makers could travel with horses between the individual accommodations back and forth. Many of these accommodations are until today in enterprise. This kind of tourism business like it the Great Northern Railway as „American Alps “- project in the area operated became for example ofthe Northern Pacific Railroad in the Yellowstone national park and of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad at the Grand Canyon operated.

On some the larger seas are there routes in wood boats, from which some up to the year 1920 goes back. Going ton the sun the Road of 1932 is thoseonly road those the park crosses and over the continental Wasserscheide starting from Logan passport leads. On this distance bus routes are offered.

In the park there are 1,100 km moving ways as well as bridle paths. Some ways suitable for bicycles are also present.

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