By Brian Pijanowski. Region-West State-Montana Capital-Helena Longitude-113.71°W Latitude-48.69°N.

By Brian Pijanowski

• Region-West

• State-Montana

• Capital-Helena• Longitude-113.71°W

• Latitude-48.69°N

LANDFORMS

• GNP is part of the Rocky Mountain Range that runs from Canada to Mexico.

• Mount ClevelandMount Cleveland• -10,466 feet-10,466 feet• -3,000 meters-3,000 meters• Lies in the northern part of parkLies in the northern part of park

• Chief mountainChief mountain• IN the northernIN the northern• 9,081 feet9,081 feet• Mountain range Lewis rangeMountain range Lewis range

• Mount StimsonMount Stimson• In the southernIn the southern• 10,466 feet 10,466 feet • First ascent 1951First ascent 1951

CULTURE

• Native Americans have live GNP for 10,000 years the tribe names are Blackfeet Kalispell Kootenai Salish and the flatheads.

• Blackfeet• Controlled most of the land• Chief mountain was a place where the• Blackfeet could live.• • Early settlers• George Bird Grinnell came to Glacier NP• He asked the government to project the park.• IN 1910 president William Howard Taft signed a bill to create Glacier NP• Modern Day • There is 1,853 ,564 1,000 thousand visit the park every day.

WATERWAYS

• Glacier are slow moving sheets of ice and snow.

• Lake McDonald • Length 11 miles• Width ½• Located in North east quadrant

• Grinnell Glacier • Located in north east part of park • 11/2 miles long• 1mile wide• 290 acres• 500 feet thick• Largest glacier in the park

• Blackfoot• 2nd largest in the park• Located in the north west quadrant• The Glacier was recently measured in 2005 at 441 acres

• About 60 million years ago Earths crust began to shift. The rock layers began to crack and break the rocks piled up to create mountains.– Limestone– Mudstone– Sandstone