Going-to-the-Sun Road
The Going-to-the-Sun Road is rightfully recognized as one of the most spectacular alpine highways in the world and certainly among those in the United States. The landscape is one of peerless beauty, but the road itself is an engineering masterpiece. In 1910, Glacier National Park was created in that million-acre swath of mountains, lakes, and glaciers that the great naturalist George Bird Grinnell called "the Crown of the Continent." Soon, plans were being made for a road that would take visitors into the heart of this amazing place. The result was the Going-to-the-Sun Road, which has been the centerpiece of the visitor experience in Glacier since it was formally dedicated in 1933.
127 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2012 by Arcadia Publishing · ISBN 9780738596983
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English
- Going-to-the-Sun Road · Arcadia Publishing · 2012 · ISBN 9780738596983 This page
- Going-to-the-Sun Road · Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) · 2013 · ISBN 9781439643440
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