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the park trip is usually between $35 and $60, dependin"- upon the character 

 of the accommodations desired. The season is from June 15 to September 

 15 each 3-ear. 



Glacier National park is the newest of the national playgrounds, hav- 

 ing been created by act of congress in February, 1910. This park is located 

 in Northwestern i\Iontana and comprises an area of over 1.500 square miles. 

 It is bounded on the north by the Canadian border, on the 

 Where south by the main line 'of the Great Northern railway, on 



Beauty and the west by the north fork of the Flathead river and on the 

 Grandeur east by the Blackfeet Indian reservation. The main range 

 Reign of the Rocky Mountains extends from north to south through 



Supreme. the center of the park, and within this region is found a variety 

 of mountain scenery unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur on 

 this continent, and said by those who have seen both countries to excel 

 even the famous Alps' of Switzerland. 



Glazier 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 square, is the largest. There are 

 within the park more than 250 mountain lakes, himdreds of wnld mountain 

 streams, and scores of waterfalls There are mountain peaks ranging from 

 8.000 to 10,500 feet in height, a number of which have never been climbed 

 by white men. This region of scenic beautv and scientific wonder is await- 

 ing the tourist, the explorer, the fisherman, 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. 



Although this park is not yet four years old. it is annually visited by 

 many thousands of tourists, and its wonders are becoming rapidly known 

 all over the world. Already much progress has been made toward making 

 it easy for the tourist to see Glacier-land. So great has been 

 Thousands the progress of this work that before the opening of the season 

 of People of 1914 it will be possible to penetrate into the ver}' heart of 

 Become the glacier region by automobile. Secretary of the Interior 



Enchanted. Lane having last fall authorized the construction of an auto- 

 mobile road to the 3iIcDermott lake. 

 The Great Northern railway, the officials of which were active in the 

 movement for the setting aside of this great natural reserve, has taken 

 a leading part in providing accommodations for those who desire to view 

 the park. At Glacier Park station, the eastern entrance to the park, a 

 magnificient hotel, costing 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 supply the 

 demand for accommodations, and the construction of an annex, which will 

 double the capacity of the hotel, was commenced in the fall of 1913. 



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, 



— Blantant, brag and bluster won't do -the world want's the facts. 



