LC control no. | sh2007003872 |
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Geographic heading | Glacier National Park (Mont.) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Montana--Glacier National Park |
Variant(s) | Glacier Park (Mont.) |
See also | Biosphere reserves--Montana National parks and reserves--Montana Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (Mont. and Alta.) |
Found in | Work cat.: Avalanche hazard reduction by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest, Montana, 2006. Glacier National Park, viewed June 5, 2007: directions (Glacier National Park is located in the northwest corner of Montana along the spine of the Rocky Mountains) historical overview (The area was made a Forest Preserve in 1900; in 1910 President Taft signed the bill establishing Glacier as the country's 10th national park) GNIS, June 18, 2005 (Glacier National Park, 1,008,119 acres, Flathead and Glacier counties, Mont.; variant name: Glacier Park) Glacier National Park website, via National Parks Service website, Feb. 10, 2012 (In 1976, Glacier National Park was designated as a World Biosphere Reserve; sister park across the International Border, Waterton Lakes National Park ... the other half of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) Wikipedia, Feb. 10, 2012 (Glacier National Park (U.S.); Glacier National Park borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada--the two parks are known as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, and were designated as the world's first International Peace Park in 1932. Both parks were designated by the United Nations as Biosphere Reserves in 1976, and in 1995 as World Heritage sites.) UNESCO World Heritage Centre World Heritage List website, Feb. 10, 2012 (Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park; in 1932 Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) was combined with the Glacier National Park (Montana, United States) to form the world's first International Peace Park; both national parks were originally designated by their respective nations because of their superlative mountain scenery, their high topographic relief, glacial landforms, and abundant diversity of wildlife and wildflowers) |
Invalid LCCN | sh 85055065 no 97052490 |