Download There are many rocks and minerals in Glacier National Park.

By Jennifer Bilicska
Location
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Region-West
State-Montana
Capital-Helena
Longitude-113.72°W
Latitude-48.7°N
Landforms
• There are different landforms of Glacier National
Park.
• 700 miles of hiking trails.
• Valleys and mountains cover the land variety
and plants.
• Canada’s Waterton National Park share the
border between The United States and Canada.
Together the two make up the International
Peace Park.
International Peace Park
Culture
• There were many American Indians in
Glacier National Park
• American Indians have lived in Glacier
National Park for more than 10,000 years
• The Blackfeet, the Kalispel, the Kootenai,
the Salish, and the Flathead were all early
residents of the area
• The Blackfeet controlled most of the land.
Going to the Sun Road
Waterways
• There are many bodies of water in Glacier
National Park.
• Some of the valleys filled with melted ice,
the melted ice turned into lakes.
• Glacier also changed the colors of some
lakes in the park.
• The powder fell into the lakes, some of the
powder turned the lakes turquoise.
St Mary Lake
Rocks and Minerals
• There are many rocks and minerals in
Glacier National Park.
• Rocks and soil under the water slowly
hardened into thick layers of Limestone,
Mudstone, and Sandstone.
• One rock plate slid over another rock plate,
the rocks piled up to create mountains.
• The majority of the rocks forming the
mountains of the peace park are the result
of the deposition of sediments