Glacier National Park BY Marybeth Heater International Peace Park

Location Region-West State-Montana Capital-Helena Longitude °N Latitude °W

Landforms Glacier National Park is made of mountains and valleys. They were formed millions of years ago. Some mountains in Glacier National Park are Loneman mountain, Chief Mountain and Long Fellow Peak. Mt. Cleveland is the parks tallest peak listed at 10,466 feet and more than one hundred other summits rise above 8,000 feet. Going to the Sun Road

culture People have explored Glacier National Park for thousands of years. American Indians lived in the park 10,000 years ago. David Thompson was the first European American to record what he saw at Glacier National Park.

Waterways The park has hundreds of lakes thousands of waterfalls and more than 700 miles of water. The glaciers also changed the color of some lakes in the park. As Glaciers move they turn rocks into powder the powder fell into some other lakes the powder turns the lakes turquoise. Running Eagle Falls is one of the thousands of waterfalls in Glacier National Park. Canada’s Waterten Lakes National Park share the border between the United States and Canada. St. Mary Lake

Rocks And Minerals There are many rocks and minerals in Glacier National Park. Rock and soil under the water slowly hardened into thick layers of limestone, mudstone, and sandstone. The ancient rocks of the Belt Sea that form out mountains have much less limestone and fewer fossils than the younger rock exposed in most of the Rockies. The varied colors of the rocks in the mountains, including, red, greens and maroons are the result of small amounts of various iron minerals