Glacier National Park

are: 1132 kinds of plants, 62 kinds of mammals, 260 kinds of birds, 6 kinds of amphibians, 3 kinds of reptiles, 23 kinds of fish.

USA and Canada. On the territory of Glacier there are about 700 small lakes and a little more than a dozen large ones. Also in the park there are about 200 waterfalls.

(for example, in 1916 the temperature difference in 24 hours was 56 degrees Celsius). The water and air in the park are of excellent quality, due to the lack of factories and plants near the park. On average, about 50-80 millimeters of precipitation falls per month.

a modern park for about 80 km. A number of expeditions carried out after 1850 allowed relatively good exploration of the territory of today's Glacier. In 1885, the famous American historian and writer George Grinnel hired James Willard Schultz (later also a famous writer) as a guide on his hunting expedition. After several more trips to this region, Grinnel was so inspired by the local landscapes that for the next 20 years he worked hard to create a national park here. In 1892, Henry Stimson and his two companions climbed Mount Chief, climbing to the summit along an almost sheer eastern wall.