Kintla Lake Ranger Station Explained

Kintla Lake Ranger Station
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:48.9344°N -114.3403°W
Built:1900
Architect:Harry E. Doverspike
Added:February 14, 1986
Mpsub:Glacier National Park MRA
Refnum:86000332

The Kintla Lake Ranger Station in Glacier National Park is a rustic log structure that was built by the Butte Oil Company in 1900 at Kintla Lake. It was taken over by the National Park Service and used as a ranger station. It is significant as a remnant of early oil exploration activities in the Glacier area.[1] A boathouse was built by the National Park Service in 1935 to the same design as the boathouses at Upper Lake McDonald and Saint Mary ranger stations. A fire cache cabin, identical to those at Logging Creek, Polebridge and Lake McDonald ranger stations was built in 1934.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kintla Lake Ranger Station. 2008-11-13. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521180954/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=179. 2011-05-21. dead.
  2. [{{NRHP url|id=86000332}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kintla Lake Ranger Station]. pdf. June 1984 . Historical Research Associates . National Park Service.