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By Alex Sepe
Location
• Region - West
• State - Montana
• Capital -Helena
Landforms
• There are many different landforms in
Glacier National Park.
• 700 miles of hiking trails.
• Valleys and mountains cover the land.
• Glacier National Park shares the border
between the United States and Canada.
Together the two parks make up an
International Peace Park.
Culture
• There were many American Indians that
lived in Glacier National Park.
• American Indians have lived in Glacier
National Park.
• The Blackfeet, the Kalispell, the Kootenai,
the Salish, the Flathead were all early
residents of the area.
• The Blackfeet controlled most of the land.
Waterways
• There are many bodies of water in Glacier
National Park.
• Some of the valleys filled with melted ice
from the Glaciers. Water filled valleys
turned into lakes.
• The powder fell into some of the lakes.
The powder turned the lakes turquoise.
• Glaciers also changed the color of the
lakes in the park.
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,
sandstone.
• One rock plate slid over another rock plate. The
rocks pilled up to make a mountain.
• The majority of the rocks forming the mountains
of the Peace Park are the result of the
deposition of sediments.