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resque trip of all is the one which crosses the Park from 

 east to west along St. Mary Lake, over Gunsight Pass 

 to Lake McDonald. 



This trip may be taken from either the eastern entrance 

 at Glacier Park Station on the Great Northern Railroad, 

 emerging at Belton on the western side, from whence 

 the westward journey is resumed, or vice versa. From 

 Glacier Park Station an automobile stage carries the 

 passengers through the Black feet Indian Reservation, 

 entering; the Park about thirtv miles to the north, at the 



of the lake, there is a small promontory on which has 

 been built a chalet of split shakes with roof weighted 

 by heavy stones. Behind it Little Chief Mountain tow- 

 ers 5,000 feet above the surface of the lake, casting its 

 purple shadows athwart the neck of the gorge. Ringing 

 the head of the canyon are Almost-a-Dog, Citadel 

 ]\Iountain. Fusillade, Reynolds, and that most glorious 

 of American peaks, Going-to-the-Sun Mountain. 



The hotel, or more properly the group of chalets, is 

 located on the north side commanding a view up and 



ONE OF MANY SUCH VIEWS 



Every lidge and spur is broken here and there with a gap through which the serrated crest of the range beyond shows like the front sight of a 

 gun through a notch. lieueraliy there is a small lake soniewiere in the picture, nestling at the foot of the crumbling cliffs. 



foot of the upper St. Mary Lake. From this point to the 

 hotel at the head of the lake, one may go either by 

 automobile or by boat. If properly advised, he will take 

 the latter route. There is probably no water trip in 

 the world which is more wonderful than the journey 

 up St. Mary Lake into the very heart of the Continental 

 Divide. The walls of the canyon become more and 

 more abrupt until the reflected tops of the walls and 

 surrounding peaks are lost in the depths of the sparkling 

 blue water and it seems that the little boat and its 

 passengers must be crushed in the jaws of the "Demon 

 of the Great Divide." Just beyond the point on which 

 the hotel is located and across the narrowest portion 



down the lake and of the surrounding peaks. Unfortu- 

 nately, the location is too near the base of Going-to-the- 

 Sun to give the best view of that most wonderful of 

 mountains. I know of no peak in the United States 

 whose lofty crest seems so crowned with glory and 

 dignity as this one, nor is there any point of interest on 

 this continent so aptly named. The propriety of the 

 Indian names for the peaks and valleys strongly sug- 

 gests the advisability of putting an Indian upon the 

 board of United States Geographic names, but it is not 

 surprising that this idea has not occurred to a committee 

 who sees fit to abandon the proper and fitting Indian 

 name of an inspiring peak for some such name as Mt. 



