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Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park. 



Glacier National Park takes its name from the fact that within its borders are 

 upwards of 60 living glaciers, of which the Blackfeet glacier, covering an area of 

 almost five miles squr.ie, is the largest. There are within the park more than 250 

 mountain lakes, hunciieds of wild mountain streams and countless beautiful water 

 falls. There are snow-covered mountain peaks ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 feet in 

 height, a number of which have never been climbed by white men. This region of 

 scenic beauty and scientific wonder is awaiting the tourist, the explorer, the fisher- 

 man, the artist, the scientist and the mountain climber, and because of its variety of 

 attractions and ease of access, it is destined to become one of the great playgrounds 

 of the world. 



Already much progress has been made toward making it easy for the tourist to see 

 Glacier-land. So rapidly has this been carried on, that it is now possible to pene- 

 trate the very heart of the glacier region by automobile. Secretary of the Interior 

 Lane having directed the building of an automobile road to Lake McDermott, where 

 may be found all the comforts and conveniences of a modern city hotel, located in 

 what was until recently one of the most remote and inaccessible recesses of the 

 northwest. 



The Great Northern Railway, the officials of which were active in the movement 

 \)T the setting aside of this great natural reserve, has taken a leading part in provid- 

 ng accommodations for those who desire to view the park. At Glacier Park station, 

 the eastern entrance to the park, a magnificient hotel, casting upwards of $200,000, 

 and having accommodations for 300 guests, was opened to the public in the spring 

 of 1913, but before the close of the year it was found that this was inadequate to 

 meet the demand, and the construction of an annex, to double the hotel's capacity, 

 was immediately commenced and rushed to completion. This hotel is unique among 

 the inns of the world and deserves more than passing mention. It is constructed of 

 huge logs, and its great lobby, with its campfire in the center, and around which hang 



