Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District Explained

Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:48.6981°N -114.1914°W
Built:1907
Architect:NPS
Added:December 16, 1986
Mpsub:Glacier National Park MRA
Refnum:86003697

The Logging Creek Ranger Station is the oldest continually operating administrative site in Glacier National Park. The rustic log cabin is an early example of what would become a typical style of western park structure.[1] The district includes a cabin used as a residence for the summer fire guard.

The site would have been among those inundated by the proposed Glacier View Dam, which would have flooded much of the North Fork Flathead River valley, including park lands. Proposed in the 1940s, the dam was never built.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Logging Creek Ranger Station. 2008-11-09. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521170034/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=36. 2011-05-21. dead.
  2. Web site: Buchholtz. C.W.. Chapter 6:Guardians of Glacier. Man in Glacier. Glacier Natural History Association. 0-916792-01-3. 4 June 2011. 1976. registration.