Glacier National Park is a
national park located in the U.S. state of Montana, on the Canada–United States
border with the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park
encompasses over 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km) and includes parts of two
mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the Rocky Mountains), over 130 named lakes, more
than 1,000 different species of plants and hundreds of species of animals. This
vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the
"Crown of the Continent Ecosystem", a region of protected land
