Travel to Amazing Places # 9 ( Glacier National Park )

Glacier National Park

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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.This vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem".

According to archeological evidence, Native Americans first arrived in the Glacier area some 10,000 years ago.

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The mountains of Glacier National Park began forming 170 million years ago when ancient rocks were forced eastward up and over much younger rock strata.

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Glacier National Park has almost all its original native plant and animal species. Large mammals such as Grizzly bears, moose, and mountain goats, as well as rare or endangered species like wolverines.

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