Glacier's Historic Hotels & Chalets: View With a Room

by Ray Djuff, Chris Morrison

This unique book traces the creation and use of Great Northern Railway’s hotels and chalet colonies in Glacier National Park and Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park. Anecdotes, inside correspondence, and park and corporate lore. Covers history of the Great Northern Railway in both parks, in addition to the histories Belton Chalets Cut Bank Chalets Glacier Park Lodge Goathaunt Chalet Going-to-the-Sun Chalets Granite Park Chalets Gunsight Chalets Lake McDonald Lodge Many Glacier Hotel Prince of Wales Hotel Rising Sun Auto Cabins St. Mary Chalets Sperry Chalets Swiftcurrent Auto Cabins Two Medicine Chalets Generously illustrated with color photographs of Great Northern promotional materials, as well as black-and-whites of guests and staff at play and work.

168 pages, Paperback

First published April 22, 2013

Reviews

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The history of hotels at Glacier is an important part of the Glacier origin and growth story. The book is chock-full of photos.

[Jrobert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read after having spent several summer vacations in Glacier National Park. Really rich in the history of the park and its accommodations. We’ve stayed in many of the hotels and hiked to the chalets so it was especially interesting to read about the parks beginnings. Highly recommend.