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Waterton-Glacier International
Peace Park
Montana, U.S.A. and Alberta, Canada
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Glacier National Park. NPS Photo
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Glacier National Park in northwestern
Montana on the United States side and Waterton National Park in Alberta on the Canadian side, were
designated by law as the world's first International Peace Park in 1932 - Waterton-Glacier International
Peace Park. The park is traversed by the Lewis Range and contains outstanding glacial lakes and alpine
scenery and is significant as a habitat exceptionally rich in plant and mammal life.
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Glacier National Park, Montana has
mountain peaks exceeding 10,000 feet and this site includes nearly 50 glaciers, many lakes and streams.
The two parks sustain exceptionally diverse and productive habitat, reflected by the natural populations
of large mammals and carnivores, including wolves, bears and mountain lions. Glacier National Park is the
only location in the 48 contiguous states where these three major predator populations still occur naturally.
The park has a wide variety of wild flowers and wildlife, including bighorn sheep and bald eagles.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace
Park protects an important biological crossroads at the point where the Rocky Mountains reach their
narrowest width. The park serves as a celebration of the longest undefended contiguous border between two
nations and a reminder that our natural resources have no boundaries.
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Glacier National Park. NPS Photo
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Inscribed in 1995 as a Natural site, under Criteria N (ii) and (iii).
For more information, visit www.nps.gov/glac/.
Links
Waterton-Glacier
International Peace Park
Glacier National Park
Parks
Canada
Waterton
Lakes National Park
World Heritage Convention
