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THE TREASURE STATE 



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Many Glacier Hotel, Lake McD ermott, Glacier National Park. 



Iiundreds of bear skins and buffalo skulls and other early-day trophies, is one of the 

 show places of the continent. In addition to this hotel and the one at Lake McDer- 

 mott, the Great Northern has established comfortable and sanitary permanent camps 

 at easy stages throughout the park. These are gradually being replaced by Swiss 

 chalets, a magnificient example of which is located at Belton, the western entrance to 

 the park. 



Many who make the trip through the interior of Glacier Park do so by walking, 

 taking camping equipment with them on pack horses or securing accommodations at 

 the permanent camps. Others go through on horseback, plenty of horses and guides 

 being available during the season. The trip takes the visitor over the continental 

 divide and over some of the largest glaciers and is very popular with those who desire 

 to "rough it." For those who do not care for traveling as hard as this, however, 

 easy and in fact luxurious trips can be made far into the interior of the park 

 from either entrance. From Glacier park station, as stated above, the tourist may 

 penertate the heart of the glacier region at McDermott lake, using automobiles and 

 steam launches the entire way. From Belton, on the western side, there is an easy 

 stage or auto ride to beautiful Lake McDonald, upon the shores of which are numerous 

 permanent cottages and camps, as well as two modern hotels, both of which were 

 greatly enlarged in 1914 to accommodate the rapidly increasing tourist travel. Long 

 before Glacier National Park "was created by congress, Lake McDonald had more 

 than a state-wide reputation as a summer attraction, and many prominent citizens have 

 secured small land holdings on the shores of the lake and spend the entire summer 

 amid these attractive surroundings. 



Glacier park is reached only by the main line of the Great Northern railway, 

 being entered either from Glacier Park station, on the eastern border, or Belton, on 



