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the mountains rise sheer from the water's edge. Upper St. 

 Marys Lake is eleven miles and the Lower St. Marys Lake 

 seven miles in length. Equally as much can be said in regard 

 to the beautiful scenery surrounding all the other lakes. 



Avalanche Basin, a remarkable U-shaped valley eight miles 

 from Lake McDonald, is one of the most attractive and im- 

 pressing features of the park. Nestling in the valley below 

 the basin lies Avalanche Lake, into which dash cascades and 

 cataracts that head in the melting snow and ice above and 

 leap thousands of feet to the lake beneath. 



The principal glaciers in the park are Blackfoot, Grinnell, 

 Harrison, Pumpelly, Red Eagle, Sperry, and Chaney, which 

 range in area from a few hundred yards to several miles in 

 extent. 



From the summit of Red Eagle Mountain one of the grand- 

 est views of mountain scenery in America is obtainable, this 

 spot being a favorite with artists who visit the parTc. 



The park abounds in all varities of game that are in- 

 digenous to this section of the country, such as bear, elk, moose, 

 deer, mountain sheep, mountain goat, mountain lion, as well 

 as the smaller wild animals of the forest. 



Fishing in the park is especially good and quite an attrac- 

 tion to all who visit it. Practically all the streams and lakes 

 abound in many species of gamy trout. 



Between June i, 191 1, and October i, 191 1, there were 4,000 

 visitors in the park. 



Exhibition of National Park Pictures. 

 A collection of photographs of scenes in the national parks 

 is now being assembled under direction of the Department of the 

 Interior for exhibition in public libraries and other public in- 

 stitutions throughout the country. This collection will be com- 

 posed of large photographs, many of which will be hand colored, 

 of some of the remarkable views that have made the national 

 parks famous throughout the world. This collection will in- 

 clude views of the Great Falls and Grand Canon of Yellow- 

 stone River, the geysers, and the Mammoth Hot Springs in 

 Yellowstone National Park; the beautiful glaciers and mountain 

 lakes in the Glacier National Park; the wonderful cliff dwellings 

 in the Mesa Verde National Park; the majestic Sequoias, the 

 largest trees in the world, in the Yosemite, General Grant, and 

 Sequoia National Parks; the great ice fields on Mount Rainier 

 in the Mount Rainier National Park; the remarkable Crater 

 Lake, once the caldera of an active volcano, in the Crater Lake 

 National Park; and the impressive rock formations and water- 

 falls in the Yosemite National Park. 



