Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District

Coordinates: 48°41′53″N 114°11′29″W / 48.69806°N 114.19139°W / 48.69806; -114.19139
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Logging Creek Ranger Station Historic District
MPS
Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.86003697
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1986[1]

The Logging Creek Ranger Station is the oldest continually operating administrative site in

rustic log cabin is an early example of what would become a typical style of western park structure.[2]
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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Logging Creek Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 9, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
  3. . Retrieved June 4, 2011.
Logging Creek Fireguard Cabin