Call of the Mountains: Glacier National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park, Season June 15 to September 15
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1929. 48pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Color wrappers. Near fine. Item #11041
Illustrated promotional item for the prospective visitor to Glacier and Waterton, produced by the Great Northern. Includes a description of the parks which is followed by detailed descriptions of the various accommodations in the parks: Glacier Park Hotel, Many Glacier Hotel, Prince of Wales Hotel, Going to the Sun Chalets, and Lake McDonald Hotel. Includes rates and suggested tours from each. Work ends with a description of the Blackfeet/Piegan people in the area. Excellent color-bird's eye at the center. Images by T.J. Hileman throughout. Established as a National Park in 1910, Glacier, is a land of mountain ranges carved by prehistoric ice rivers. Featuring alpine meadows, deep forests, waterfalls, two-dozen glaciers and 200 sparkling lakes. Relatively few miles of road exist in the park's 1,600 square miles of picturesque landscape, thus preserving its primitive and unspoiled beauty.
Price: $100.00