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62 Cards in this Set
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DURING THE FORMATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 170 MILLION YEARS AGO, ONE REGION OF ROCKS SEVERAL MILES THICK AND HUNDREDS OF MILES LONG WAS FORCED EASTWARD 50 MILES - RESULTIG IN OLDER (BILLION+ YEAR) OLD ROCK TO LAND ON TOP OF THE YOUNGER (170 MILLION) ROCK - THIS IS CALLED? |
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WHAT DATE WAS GLACIER ESTABLISHED AS A NATIONAL PARK?
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MAY 11, 1910 |
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WHAT YEAR WAS WATERTON-GLACIER ESTABLISHED AS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL "PEACE PARK"
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1932
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WHAT YEAR WAS THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD COMPLETED?
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1932 |
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HOW MANY NAMED LAKES ARE THERE IN THE PARK? |
131 |
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HOW MANY UNNAMED LAKES ARE THERE IN THE PARK?
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631
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE PARK?
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(9.4 MILES LONG, 1.5 MILES WIDE, 464 FT DEEP) |
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HOW MANY ACRES IS GLACIER NATIONAL PARK?
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THE BOUNDARY OF THE PARK IS HOW MANY MILES LONG?
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205 MILES |
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT LOGAN PASS?
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6,646 FT |
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WHAT IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE PARK?
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(10,448 FT) |
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HOW MANY GLACIERS ARE LEFT?
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25 NAMED, ALL SHRINKING IN SIZE |
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST GLACIER IN THE PARK?
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HARRISON GLACIER (.7 SQ MILES) |
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HOW MANY MARKED TRAILS ARE THERE?
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151 |
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HOW MANY MILES OF TRAIL ARE THERE?
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745.6 |
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NAME FOUR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TRAILS |
LOGAN PASS BOARDWALK OBERLIN BEND OVERLOOK RUNNING EAGLE NATURE TRAIL |
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HOW MANY BACKCOUNTRY CAMPGROUNDS ARE THERE? HOW MANY SITES?
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65 CAMPGROUNDS, WITH 208 TOTAL SITES
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HOW MANY DESIGNATED PICNIC AREAS ARE THERE? HOW MANY SITES?
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8 AREAS WITH 175 SITES |
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HOW MANY FISH SPECIES ARE THERE IN THE PARK?
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24 (18 NATIVE AND 7 NON-NATIVE)
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HOW MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS ARE THERE IN THE PARK? |
68 SPECIES (FROM MICE TO MOOSE) |
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HOW MANY SPECIES OF BIRD LIVE IN THE PARK? |
277 DOCUMENTED (COULD BE MORE!) |
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HOW MANY SPECIES OF PLANTS CALL GLACIER HOME?
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1,132 VASCULAR AND 858 NON-VASCULAR
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GLACIER WAS THE FIRST PARK TO OFFER MOTORIZED VEHICLE TOURS IN WHAT YEAR?
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1914 |
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EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY OF THE "NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLIES". WHEN DID THIS NIGHTMARE OCCUR?
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AUGUST 13TH, 1967 |
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WHEN DID MANY GLACIER HOTEL OPEN? |
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WHEN DID LAKE MCDONALD LODGE OPEN? |
JUNE 14TH, 1914 |
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WHO WAS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PARK?
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HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO BUILD THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD? |
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HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD?
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13 YEARS |
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HOW LONG IS THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD? |
50 MILES (APPROXIMATELY) |
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT SWIFTCURRENT?
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4,784 FT |
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WHAT YEAR DID THE PRESENT GENERAL STORE AT SWIFTCURRENT OPEN? |
1935
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT RISING SUN?
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4,472 FT |
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WHAT YEAR DID RISING SUN OPEN? |
1956 (RESTAURANT AND REGISTRATION) |
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT VILLAGE INN?
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WHO IS APGAR VILLAGE NAMED FOR? |
MILO B. APGAR, AN EARLY HOMESTEADER WHO FIRST CAME TO THE AREA AROUND 1892
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THERE ARE THREE CHALETS BUILT BY THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STILL IN OPERATION, NAME THEM.
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GRANITE PARK CHALET SPERRY CHALET |
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT LAKE MCDONALD LODGE?
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3,154 FT |
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WHAT IS THE ELEVATION AT MANY GLACIER?
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HOW TALL IS GRINNELL POINT?
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7716 FT |
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HOW TALL IS MT. WILBUR?
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THERE IS A FAIRLY STRIKING MOUNTAIN RIGHT BEHIND THE LOGAN PASS VISITOR CENTER, NAME IT.
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CLEMENTS MOUNTAIN (8760 FT) |
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THE EDITOR OF FOREST AND STREAM MAGAZINE WHO VISITED THE REGION IN THE 1880S AND BECAME INFLUENTIAL IN THE ESTAIBLISHMENT OF GLACIER AS A NATIONAL PARK |
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL |
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THE LAWYER FROM COLUMBIA FALLS WHO BUILT LAKE MCDONALD LODGE |
(LAKE MCDONALD WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE LEWIS GLACIER HOTEl) |
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WHO WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE? |
(AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN, AND ECCENTRIC MILLIONARE) |
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FAMOUS AMERICAN WEST PAINTER WHO HAD A SUMMER HOME ON LAKE MCDONALD
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CHARLIE M. RUSSELL (C.M. RUSSELL) |
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NAME TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOVIES THAT SHOT ON LOCATION IN GLACIER
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(ST. MARY BRIDGE DURING RUNNING SCENE) THE SHINING (EAST SIDE OF GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD AND WILD GOOSE ISLAND DURING INTRO) |
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SLOGAN OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY DURING FIRST INTIAIL PUSH TO BRING VISITORS TO THE AREA
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"SEE AMERICA FIRST" |
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WHAT YEAR DID THE BLACKFEET SELL THE LAND THAT WOULD BECOME GLACIER NATIONAL PARK (AND FOR HOW MUCH?)
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THE RED BUSES WERE PRODUCED BY WHO?
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(THE CURRENT BUSES, MODEL 706, WERE PRODUCED FROM 1936-1939) |
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HOW MANY RED BUSES DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OPERATION?
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HOW MANY BEARS ARE THERE ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE PARK? (GRIZZLY AND BLACK)
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ROUGHLY 300 GRIZZLY BEARS AND 400-500 BLACK BEARS |
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HOW MANY MOUNTAINS ARE THERE OVER 10,000 FEET?
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ONE MOUNTAIN UNIQUELY SHEDS WATER TOWARD THE PACIFIC, THE ATLANTIC AND THE ARCTIC OCEANS. NAME IT
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TRIPLE DIVIDE PEAK |
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HOW LONG AGO WERE THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS CARVED OUT BY GLACIERS?
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10 - 18,000 YEARS AGO
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NAME FOR A THIN ALMOST KNIFE-LIKE RIDGE OF ROCK WHICH IS TYPICALLY FORMED WHEN TWO GLACIERS ERODE PARALELL U-SHAPED VALLEYS (THE GARDEN WALL BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS) |
Arête
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A MASS OF SMALL LOOSE STONES THAT FORM OR COVER A SLOPE OF A MOUNTAIN
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SCREE (ALSO CALLED TALUS)
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SECOND LARGEST LAKE IN THE PARK?
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SAINT MARY LAKE |
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WHO IS LOGAN PASS NAMED FOR?
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WILLIAM LOGAN, THE PARK'S FIRST SUPERINTENDENT
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WHERE IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A GLACIER FROM THE ROAD?
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JACKSON GLACIER OVERLOOK, EAST SIDE OF THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD |
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WHERE ARE THE VISITOR CENTERS LOCATED?
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APGAR LOGAN PASS ST. MARY |
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