Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District
Ranger station in Glacier National Park
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The Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was a formerly isolated site that became an administrative center with the opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The National Park Service Rustic cabin was typical of the preferred style for western park structures of the period.[2] The ranger station is similar to its counterparts at Belly River and Sherburne, as well as the Polebridge Ranger Station residence.[3]
Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District | |
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  Location within Montana  Location within the United States | |
| Nearest city | West Glacier, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°38′23″N 113°52′21″W |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Austin Weikert, Asa Powell |
| MPS | Glacier National Park MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003699 |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1986[1] |
The district includes the ranger station, a woodshed, boathouse, garage, cabin, fire cache and a pumphouse.[3]
The boathouse burned in the Howe Ridge Fire of 2018 and only the foundation remains. The ranger station itself and other buildings were saved.
