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- The Glacier Park Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway (GN), constructed and operated hotels, chalets, and other visitor facilities in Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta from the 1910s through 1960. Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, the company operated from a summer base in East Glacier Park, Montana, near the company's flagship Glacier Park Hotel; winter headquarters were in St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally known as the Glacier Park Hotel Company, the corporate name was shortened to Glacier Park Company in 1943. During the early years of the Glacier Park Company's operation, its facilities were primarily geared to serve tourists who arrived in Glacier on the Great Northern's passenger trains, which stopped at a station adjacent to Glacier Park Hotel. From there, horse and motorcoach tours connected to the company's other hotels and chalets. The largest of the company's facilities was the Many Glacier Hotel, which opened in 1915. The landmark Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton was completed in 1927, and in 1930 the company was contracted to operate the privately constructed Lake McDonald Hotel. The hotels were supplemented by a network of smaller lodging complexes called "chalets," some accessible only by trail. A total of nine such properties were constructed during the 1910s, four of which survive today in whole or part: the Belton Chalets, Sperry Chalet, Granite Park Chalet and the Two Medicine Store. Two additional locations, and Rising Sun, were developed in the 1930s and 1940s to serve Glacier's increasing numbers of automobile travelers. After the 1960 operating season, the company's Glacier and Waterton operations were sold to Don Hummel, a Tucson, Arizona businessman who formed "Glacier Park, Inc." to operate the concessions. The Glacier Park Company continued to exist as a real estate subsidiary of the Great Northern, and later the GN's corporate successor Burlington Northern. As of 1990, it was a subsidiary of Burlington Resources. The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ConocoPhillips. (en)
- La Glacier Park Company était une entreprise faisant partie de la société mère Great Northern Railway qui construisait et gérait des hôtels, des chalets et d'autres infrastructures touristiques dans le parc national de Glacier dans l'État du Montana aux États-Unis mais aussi en Alberta de 1910 à 1960. Travaillant en tant que concessionnaire du parc national de Glacier, la société disposait d'une base d'été située à East Glacier Park près de l'hôtel phare de la société nommé Glacier Park Hotel et d'un quartier général d'hiver à Saint Paul (Minnesota). D'abord connu sous le nom de Glacier Park Hotel Company, la société fut renommée en 1943 en Glacier Park Company. Durant les premières années, les infrastructures étaient présentes pour accueillir les touristes qui arrivaient dans le parc de Glacier via le chemin de fer du Great Northern Railway. Une fois arrivé dans la gare, les touristes étaient conduits dans les différents hôtels de la société situés dans le parc. Le plus grand hôtel se nommait le Many Glacier Hotel. Celui-ci fut ouvert en 1915 et est aujourd'hui classé National Historic Landmark. L'hôtel Prince of Wales de Waterton fut construit en 1927. En plus des hôtels, on trouvait un ensemble de chalets parfois seulement accessibles par la marche. 8 de ces chalets furent ainsi construits dans les années 1910, quatre d'entre eux existent toujours aujourd'hui. Il s'agit du Belton Chalets, du Sperry Chalet, du Granite Park Chalet et du Two Medicine Store. Deux autres bâtiments pour les touristes arrivant dans le parc en automobiles furent construits dans les années 1930-1940. Ils se nomment Swiftcurrent Motor Inn et Rising Sun. Après 1960, la société fut rachetée par un l'homme d'affaires nommé Don Hummel, originaire de Tucson en Arizona ; il la transforma en "Glacier Park, Inc." pour gérer les concessions. La Glacier Park Company continua à exister en tant que filiale immobilière de la société Great Northern Railway qui devint ensuite le BNSF. (fr)
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- The Glacier Park Company, a subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway (GN), constructed and operated hotels, chalets, and other visitor facilities in Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta from the 1910s through 1960. Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, the company operated from a summer base in East Glacier Park, Montana, near the company's flagship Glacier Park Hotel; winter headquarters were in St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally known as the Glacier Park Hotel Company, the corporate name was shortened to Glacier Park Company in 1943. (en)
- La Glacier Park Company était une entreprise faisant partie de la société mère Great Northern Railway qui construisait et gérait des hôtels, des chalets et d'autres infrastructures touristiques dans le parc national de Glacier dans l'État du Montana aux États-Unis mais aussi en Alberta de 1910 à 1960. (fr)
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