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| Glacier House | |
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 Hotel in 1909 | |
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| Hotel chain | Canadian Pacific |
| General information | |
| Location | Glacier National Park, near Rogers Pass |
| Coordinates | 51°15′43″N 117°29′31″W / 51.26194°N 117.49194°W |
| Opening | 1886 |
| Closed | 1925 |
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Glacier House was a hotel located in Glacier National Park in British Columbia, Canada. It was owned and operated by the Canadian National Railway between 1886 and 1925. The hotel served as a food stop for rail passengers and a base for visitors exploring the nearby Illecillewaet glacier and the peaks of the Selkirk Range.
Location
editHistory
edit- CPR hotels and tourism
- Rogers pass, grade restrictions
- Construction, early visitors
- Expansion, mountaineering vogue
- Use by glaciologists
- Connaught Tunnel, demise
- Designation by Parks
Facilities
editSources
edit- ^ "Glacier House hotel site". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.