Great Glacier House
Great Glacier House is a ruins in British Columbia, Canada. Great Glacier House is situated nearby to Red Chairs, as well as near the mountain hut Arthur O. Wheeler hut.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glacier National Park and Arthur O. Wheeler hut.
Glacier National Park
Photo: The Interior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glacier National Park is a Canadian national park in the Columbia-Rockies region of Canada. It encompasses a portion of the Columbia Mountains, and the Rogers Pass National Historic Site.
Arthur O. Wheeler hut
Mountain hut
Photo: Kelownian Pilot, CC BY 3.0.
The Arthur O. Wheeler hut is an alpine hut located four km southwest of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, British Columbia. Although not truly a backcountry hut, this log cabin is situated conveniently close to the Trans-Canada Highway in the Selkirk Mountains, west of the Rocky Mountains. Arthur O. Wheeler hut is situated 340 metres north of Great Glacier House.
Glacier
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Glacier, which once comprised small communities, is on the western approach to Rogers Pass in southeastern British Columbia. The name derives from the Great Glacier, which in the 1880s was just over a mile from the original train station. Glacier is situated 2 km west of Great Glacier House.
Great Glacier House
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.26091° or 51° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-117.49301° or 117° 29′ 35″ westOpen location code
95347G64+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1904534241OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Red Chairs and Marion Lake.
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