Glacier Bay National Park
By: Lindsey
Great tidewater glacier, a dramatic range of plant communities from rocky terrain recently covered by ice to lush temperate rainforest, and a large variety of animals (brown and black bears, mountain goats, whales, seals, and eagles) can be found in the Glacier Bay Park. Mount Fairweather, the highest peak in southeast Alaska, and the U.S. portion of the Alsek River.
Proclaimed Glacier Bay National Monument February 25 (my birthday!), 1925; established as a national park and preserve December 2, 1980. Boundary changes made: April 18, 1939,March 31, 1955, and December 1, 1978. Wilderness designated December 2, 1980. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1992.
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeastern Alaska covering
3,878,269 acres and is visited by over 100,000 people every year.
Although covered with glacial ice 200 years ago, the park now includes
vast forests and a variety of wildlife including Alaskan Brown Bears, mountain
goats, wolves and may types of birds. A national monument in 1925,
Glacier Bay was designated as a national park area in 1980.
Sources
www.nps.gov
World Book Encyclopedia