Kintla Lake Ranger Station

Kintla Lake Ranger Station
Nearest city: West Glacier, Montana
Built: 1900
Architect: Doverspike,Harry E.; Et al.
Architectural style: Other
Governing body: National Park Service
MPS: Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP Reference#: 86000332
Added to NRHP: February 14, 1986[1]

The Kintla Lake Ranger Station in Glacier National Park is a rustic log structure that was built by the Butte Oil Company in 1900 at Kintla Lake. It was taken over by the National Park Service and used as a ranger station. It is significant as a remnant of early oil exploration activities in the Glacier area.[2] A boathouse was built by the National Park Service in 1935 to the same design as the boathouses at Upper Lake McDonald and Saint Mary ranger stations. A fire cache cabin, identical to those at Logging Creek, Polebridge and Lake McDonald ranger stations was built in 1934.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Kintla Lake Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-11-13. http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=179. 
  3. ^ Historical Research Associates (June 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Kintla Lake Ranger StationPDF (290 KB). National Park Service.