Glacier National Park is a
national park located in the U.S. state of
Montana, on the
Canada–United States border with the Canadian provinces of
Alberta and
British Columbia. The park encompasses over and includes parts of two mountain ranges (sub-ranges of the
Rocky Mountains), over 130 named lakes, more than 1,000 different species of plants, and hundreds of species of animals. This vast pristine ecosystem is the centerpiece of what has been referred to as the "Crown of the Continent Ecosystem", a region of protected land encompassing .