Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
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How it came to be
When Europeans arrived, the Blackfeet held the east of this region and the Flathead the west. In 1895 the Blackfeet, under pressure, ceded the mountainous part of their treaty lands to the US government, and on 30 May that year Canada set aside a 140 km2 forest park around the Waterton Lakes, as proposed by the rancher Frederick William Godsal. Glacier National Park in Montana followed on 11 May 1910, after two decades of campaigning by George Bird Grinnell.
In July 1931 Rotary clubs from Alberta and Montana met at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton and drafted a resolution calling for a peace park across the border. Both countries passed the necessary laws, and in 1932 the two national parks were joined as the world's first international peace park. They are still run separately, with separate entrance fees.
Glacier National Park had an estimated 150 glaciers larger than 25 acres in the mid-19th century, and only 25 active glaciers remained by 2010. The peace park was inscribed in 1995 for its meeting of mountains and prairie and its rich plant and animal life.
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