Logging Lake
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Logging Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

. Logging Lake is one of the longest lakes in Glacier National Park at 6 miles (9.7 km) in length. The Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse
Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse
The Lower Logging Lake Snowshoe Cabin and Boathouse were built in 1933 in Glacier National Park near the southwestern end of Logging Lake. The National Park Service Rustic boathouse stores rangers' canoes for patrolling the lake and their journeys between Upper and Lower Logging Lake patrol...

 are two structures located near the southwestern end of Logging Lake, and are on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. Logging Lake is a 4.5 miles (7.2 km) hike from the Logging Lake Ranger Station.

Glacier View Dam
Glacier View Dam
Glacier View Dam was proposed in 1943 on the North Fork of the Flathead River, on the western border of Glacier National Park in Montana. The tall dam, to be designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the canyon between Huckleberry Mountain and Glacier View Mountain, would...

, proposed in the 1940s, would have raised the surface of Logging Lake by as much as 50 feet (15.2 m) while inundating lands to the west of the lake. The dam was never built.


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