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1968 Map of Cut Bank Pass

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Cut Bank Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Glacier National Park reveals its high-altitude hydrology and complex relief in this late 1960s survey, dominated by the Continental Divide as it separates the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds. The terrain is marked by numerous glacial cirques containing high-elevation water bodies like Medicine Grizzly Lake and the poetically named Lake of the Seven Winds below McClintock Peak.

Logistics for early park visitors are documented through the presence of the Cut Bank Ranger Sta and Cut Bank Campground, which serve as the gateway to the North Fork Cut Bank Creek. High mountain traverses such as Pitamakan Pass and Cut Bank Pass connect these remote basins. The map also records the county boundary where Glacier and Flathead counties meet along the crest of the divide, illustrating how physical geography dictated political lines in the Montana wilderness.