Geological Survey Bulletin 600 The Glacier National Park: A Popular Guide to Its Geology and Scenery

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Introduction

General physical features of the park

Origin of the topographic forms

Conditions when the rocks were laid down
Rocks uplifted and faulted
The uplifted mass carved by water
The uplifted mass modified by glacial ice

The surface features

Two Medicine Valley
Cut Bank Valley
Red Eagle Valley
St. Mary Valley
Boulder Valley
Swiftcurrent Valley
Kennedy Valley
Belly River valley
Little Kootenai Valley
McDonald Valley
Little St. Mary Valley
Harrison Valley
Nyack Valley
Coal Valley
Park Valley
Ole Valley
Camas Valley
Logging Valley
Quartz Valley
Bowman Valley
Kintla Valley

PLATE

I. A, Thomas Jefferson, one of the early prospectors and hunters; B, Monument marking the point where the international boundary crosses the Continental Divide west of Waterton Lake

II. A, Two Medicine Valley from Scenic Point, 2,100 feet above the lake; B, Belly River valley from trail a little east of Ahern Pass.

III. A, "The Old Squaw"; B, Triple Divide Peak

IV. St. Mary Lake and Red Eagle Mountain

V. A, Swiftcurrent Valley, with McDermott Lake in the foreground; B, Pack train crossing a snow bank on the Swiftcurrent trail

VI. A, Lower end of Grinnell Glacier; B, Avalanche Lake

VII. A, View from Continental Divide just back of Sue Lake; B, Mountain front a little north of the Canadian line

VIII. Great cirque wall on north side of Goathaunt Mountain

IX. A, One of the lobes of Harrison Glacier; B, Small lake in Camas Valley at foot of Heavens Peak

X. View from Cut Bank Pass, looking west

XI. A, Continental Divide at head of Logging Creek; B, Fording the outlet of Bowman Lake

XII. A, Porcupine Ridge, from highland between Valentine Creek and its South Fork; B, Boulder Glacier and cirque wall at head of Bowman Valley

XIII. Map of Glacier National Park

FIGURE

1. Diagram illustrating manner in which the Lewis overthrust was produced and its effect on the aspect of the front range

2. Diagrams showing form of a stream-cut valley and of the same valley after it has been occupied by a glacier

3. Diagram showing structure of Chief Mountain

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director

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