“Far away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner—the Crown of the Continent.” So wrote famed naturalist George Grinnell in 1901, describing the land that would become Glacier National Park. Thanks to the preservation efforts of Grinnell and countless others, Glacier Park remains a rare North American jewel. Fun Facts: • The aptly named Triple Divide Peak, near Cut Bank, sends its waters to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. • Morning Eagle, the Lake Josephine tour boat, was hand-winched half a mile upstream on the creek between Swiftcurrent Lake and Lake Jo-sephine over six days in 1975. It hasn’t been moved since. • Each year, Rotarians from Canada and the U.S. honor the legacy of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park by pledging to main-tain the peace between the two nations as they shake hands across the border.
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ar away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner—the Crown of the Continent.” So wrote famed naturalist George Grinnell in 1901, describing the land that would become Glacier National Park. Thanks to the preservation efforts of Grinnell and countless others, Glacier Park remains a rare North American jewel.
Fun Facts: • The aptly named Triple Divide Peak, near Cut Bank, sends its waters to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. • Morning Eagle, the Lake Josephine tour boat, was hand-winched half a mile upstream on the creek between Swiftcurrent Lake and Lake Josephine over
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six days in 1975. It hasn’t been moved since. • Each year, Rotarians from Canada and the U.S. honor the legacy of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park by pledging to maintain the peace between the two nations as they shake hands across the border.
PHOTO CREDITS: HUNTER D’ANTUONO (RIGHT PHOTOS); ADOBE STOCK (CENTER PHOTOS); GREEN KAT PHOTOGRAPHY (LEFT)
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