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	North Cascades National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The park complex consists of 505,000 acres (2045 km²) of the Cascade Range in two separate sections, as well as the adjacent Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas which are managed together with the park.
		Mount Shuksan, in the northwest corner of the park, is one of the most photographed mountains in the country and the second highest peak in the park (9,127 ft / 2,781 m).
		Several national wilderness areas and British Columbia parkland also adjoin the National Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Cascades_National_Park (412 words)

	North Cascades National Park General Information
		North Cascades National Park Service Complex contains the heart of this mountainous region in three park units which are all managed as one and include North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas.
		The east side of the Cascade Mountains (such as Stehekin in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area) is drier and warmer in the summer than the west side (such as the portion of Ross Lake National Recreation Area along the North Cascades Highway).
		East of Newhalem along the North Cascades Highway is the Gorge Overlook Trail, a portion of which is paved and fully accessible and the remainder of which is accessible at a challenge level or with assistance.
	www.americanparks.net /north_cascades_general_information.htm (1164 words)

	North Cascades National Park photographs
		As it turns out, the vicinity of the North Cascades Highway which bisects the park is actually part of the Lake Ross National Recreation Area which is what I visited for two days.
		The North Cascades is a remote area that was not even traversible by car until the North Cascades Highway was built in the 1970's.
		While many of the peaks in the park are visible from the highway, the park is almost necessarily in the domain of backpackers.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Gorge/7131/s/north-cascades-national-park.html (287 words)

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		North Cas·cades Na·tion·al Park national park in Northwestern Washington, established in 1968 and noted for its glaciers.
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		North Cascades National Park, northern Washington, established 1968.
		National Parks and Preserves : pictures of national parks and preserves: North Bridge
		Park (national) : United States : pictures of national parks: North Bridge
	encarta.msn.com /North_Cascades_National_Park.html (132 words)

	North Cascades National Park : Introduction
		The North Cascades National Park Service Complex is at the heart of this region.
		In some areas, the rock in the North Cascades is obviously the result of this collision and subsequent metamorphosis.
		Geologically speaking, the North Cascades are some of the most complex and least understood mountains in North America.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=2287&catID=2287010001 (404 words)

	North Cascades National Park, Washington / MOUNTAIN ZONE NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTORY
		The North Cascades National Park Service Complex is in the middle of millions of acres of public lands, including much Congressionally-designated wilderness.
		The North Cascades Visitor Center is located in Newhalem (milepost 120 on State Route 20) in the Ross Lake National Recreation Area.
		Access to the North Cascades and Ross Lake area is from I-5 at Burlington, west of the mountains, and Twisp, on the east, following WA 20 with branch routes to Baker Lake and the Cascade River.
	classic.mountainzone.com /nationalparks/noca (2323 words)

	North Cascades National Park
		Tucked into the northwestern corner of Washington, North Cascades National Park is a relative newcomer to the park system, designated in 1968.
		North Cascades National Park is 125 miles from Seattle.
		My first foray to North Cascades National Park in Washington-- arguably the prettiest park of all I've visited -- enraptured me. I hadn't expected to see snow-capped peaks that resembled the Alps, or long, steep- sided lakes that reminded me of fjords in New Zealand and Norway.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/18/TRG7F7LFBE1.DTL (642 words)

	North Cascades National Park
		Although sentiment for national park creation continued over time, the urgency of the situation was increased by threats to the resources in the area by improvements in logging and mining technologies in the 1950's and 1960's.
		The national park units are quite unusual in that they contain no paved roads whatsoever; the park area itself is actually 93% wilderness, and the wilderness is less accessible than in almost any other national park.
		From 1857 to 1859, Henry Custer surveyed the north Cascades and explored the area extensively; Henry Pierce finally breached the mountains in 1882.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/NorthCascade/NorthCascade.html (2257 words)

	Geology of North Cascades National Park
		By the 1890s, mining claims were established in many areas, including in the vicinity of Harts Pass in the Pasayten Wilderness, the upper North Fork of the Nooksack in the Mt. Baker Wilderness, and the Cascade Pass area of North Cascades National Park.
		The first explorers in the North Cascades who had an interest in rocks may well have been the native peoples, quarrying chert and volcanic glass for tools and weapons.
		However, vast parts of the North Cascades remained unknown geographically and geologically until more recent times.
	geopubs.wr.usgs.gov /docs/usgsnps/noca/sidebar2pop.html (418 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Mountain Lake Fisheries Management Plan North Cascades National Park Service Complex Whatcom, Skagit and Chelan Counties, WA; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
		Responses should be submitted to North Cascades National Park Service Complex, ATTN: Mountain Lake EIS, 810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (and copies may also be sent via e-mail to NOCA_planning@nps.gov; please include ``Fisheries EIS'' in the subject header).
		Subsequently, the official responsible for implementing the MLFMP is the Superintendent, North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
		Background: The National Park Service (NPS) manages North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and Ross Lake National Recreation Area collectively as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex (North Cascades).
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/January/Day-16/i1002.htm (1236 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - North Cascades National Park Gallery
		North Cascades National Park encompasses about 790 square miles (2,040 Km) of complex geology in north-central Washington.
		The Hoh River in Olympic National Park is another example of this phenomenon.
		The Northern Cascade Range is among the youngest mountain areas in the world.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /westus/nocascades.html (338 words)

	North Cascades National Park Camping Page
		It is illegal to remove any cultural objects from North Cascades National Park.
		The rivers, streams, ponds, and alpine lakes of North Cascades National Park and Lake Chelan and Ross Lake National Recreation Areas provide opportunities to fish in the spectacular and unspoiled environment of the Cascades.
		When you visit the backcountry of a Northwestern national park, you are in cougar habitat.
	www.north.cascades.national-park.com /camping.htm (3742 words)

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		Please note: The National Park Service does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the materials provided by other agencies or organizations, nor does the NPS endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services.
	nps.seeamerica.org/pmgr?link=http://www.nationalparks.org/PlanYourParkTrip/PlanYourParkTrip-ParkProfile.asp?partnerid=1268 (40 words)

	North Cascades National Park
		North Cascades National Park, 504,781 acres (204,436 hectares), N Washington.
		Early winter spires at North Cascades National Park.
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	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0835949.html (289 words)

	North Cascades National Park: Current events
		The North Cascades Scenic Highway (State Route 20) opened early this year but, could close anytime in the early winter after major snowfall at the passes.
		The northern access to view the North Cascades from Heather Meadows (Mt. Baker Scenic Byway, SR 542) is open to the Ski Area where you can view Mt. Shuksan, but not Mt. Baker.
		Forest Service Road Crew is reporting road closures that may affect access to North Cascades wilderness.
	www.nps.gov /noca/cond.htm (861 words)

	Park Reservations - North Cascades National Park Lodging
		Ross Lake was created by the damming of the Skagit River and is in the recreation area of the North Cascades National Park.
		Park Reservations - North Cascades National Park Lodging
		COPYRIGHT © 2003-2004 National Park Reservations Inc. All Rights Reserved.
	www.nationalparkreservations.com /north_cascades/northcascades.htm (89 words)

	North Cascades National Park
		North Cascades National Park contains over 300 active cirque and valley glaciers.
		Pleistocene glaciation carved horns, aretes, cirques, troughs, and many other features into the igneous and metamorphic rocks of the North Cascades.
		The complex geology of the park begins with a plate collision along the West Coast.
	www.und.nodak.edu /instruct/mineral/natpark/aamain/northc.htm (98 words)

	National Park Secret Trips: North Cascades National Park Outside Online
		National Park Secret Trips: North Cascades National Park
		As a private inholding in the park, Stehekin has no road access and must be reached by ferry—a 50-mile trip up Lake Chelan, through a glacial trough that’s more than 8,500 feet deep.
		But the similarities to Europe end there: The park is almost all wilderness, and there are few roads in.
	outside.away.com /outside/destinations/200406/national_parks_5.html (585 words)

	North Cascades National Park. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		North Cascades National Park, Skagit and Chelan cos., N Wash. Bounded by Mt. Baker–Snoqualmie Natl.
		Area of great alpine scenery in the Cascade Range; North and South units separated by Ross L. Natl.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
	www.bartleby.com /69/26/N04526.html (99 words)

	Bird Checklists of the United States
		Diverse habitats ranging from low-elevation ponds and marshes to sparsely vegetated alpine tundra offer birders opportunities to observe over 200 species of birds in North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
		Checklist of Birds of North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
		North Cascades NPS Complex 2105 State Route 20 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Tel.# (360) 856-5700 TDD (360) 856-5700 Ext.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r1/ncascade.htm (273 words)

	North Cascades Travel Planner - North Cascades National Park by TravelEze.com
		Ross Lake National Recreation Area (118,000 acres, 47,200 hectares) is the corridor for scenic Washington State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, and includes three reservoirs: 12,000-acre (4,800-hectare) Ross Lake, 910-acre (364-hectare) Diablo Lake, and 210-acre (84-hectare) Gorge Lake -- water gateways to more remote areas.
		Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (62,000 acres, 24,800 hectares) rests in a glacially carved trough in the Cascades Range.Lake Chelan is one of the nation's deepest, reaching
		miles (83 kilometers)into the Cascade Mountains.The lake's northernmostfour miles (6.4 kilometers) are in the National Recreation Area, including the remote community of Stehekin and the Stehekin River Valley.
	www.traveleze.com /travel_planning/ncascades.html (211 words)

	North Cascades National Park
		North Cascades National Park has many different ranger stations located in Sedro-Woolley, Marblemount, Newhalem, Hozomeen, and Stehekin.
		National parks have been a part of the American landscape since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872.
		With the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, national parks had caretakers to manage these various units for future generations to enjoy.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /uwsc/org/221062.html (215 words)

	North Cascades Visitor Information Directory
		The North Cascades Hiking Gallery is a collection of photos and descriptions of hikes in the Cascades, east and north of Seattle.
		North Cascades Highway weekly report on road and weather conditions from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
		Organized in 1957 to "protect and preserve the North Cascades' scenic, scientific, recreational, educational, and wilderness values", the council generates programs to keep government officials, environmental organizations, and the general public informed about issues affecting the Greater North Cascades Ecosystem.
	www.gonorthwest.com /Washington/cascades/casvisit_n.htm (688 words)

	100 Hikes in Washington's North Cascades National Park Region
		This newest edition covers 100 hikes in the North Cascade National Park region including Mount Baker Wilderness, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Pasayten Wilderness, Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness.
		The North Summit trail is an old stock driveway, which might not sound much like fun, but the cows and sheep haven’t been around these parts in years, ever since the cowboys and shepherds moved their...
		When Forbidden Peak was included in a book as one of the “50 classic climbs in North America,” the meadowlands of Boston Basin were infested by climbers from all over North America lusting for the 50...
	www.trails.com /catalog_product.asp?ProductFamilyID={E3C5FA31-B96D-11D3-812F-0010A4F53EF7} (1038 words)

	North Cascades National Park.
		Designated a National Park on October 2, 1968.
		Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
		North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico.
	www.pickatrail.com /sun/n/america/information/north_cascades_national.html (232 words)

	Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder
		The North Cascades National Park Complex, comprised of North Cascades NP, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, sits deep amid the wild and nearly impenetrable northernmost reaches of the Cascade Range in NW Washington.
		Only lines on a map separate the two units of North Cascades NP from adjoining national forest lands and two national recreation areas, and from the Provincial parklands and Crown lands of neighboring Canada.
		Stroll along the Happy Creek Forest Walk (Milepost 135 along SR 20) for a sense of the awe-inspiring old growth forest of the North Cascades.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /getoutdoors/destination_summary/40.html (211 words)

	North Cascades National Park: Amphibian Inventory 1996
		The 1996 amphibian inventory in North Cascades National Park Service Complex Big Beaver watershed is part of a four year program to inventory amphibians in Pacific northwest National Parks.
		In 1989 - 1993, the National Park Service and Oregon State University conducted a study on the ecological effects of stocked trout in the naturally fishless lakes of North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA).
		North Cascades National Park Service Complex Natural Resource Preservation Program Amphibian Inventory Big Beaver Watershed 1996 - Progress Report
	wa-node.gis.washington.edu /usgsbrd/cfs-noca-amphibians96.html (2931 words)

	North Cascades National Park GORP
		One lone road, the North Cascades Highway, crosses the spine of the Cascades in the hundred-mile stretch from Canada to U.S. 2 in the central Washington Cascades—and it's open only May to November.
		This is the largest and most rugged alpine wilderness in the contiguous United States, with scores of 8,000-foot peaks, upwards of 400 glaciers, virgin Douglas fir and Western red cedar forests, and wildlife that includes gray wolves and grizzlies.
		Within Lake Chelan National Recreation Area—which comprises the upper end of Lake Chelan, Stehekin Village, and the first 11 miles of the 23-mile Stehekin Valley Road—there's whitewater to run; horse trails to ride; fabulous singletrack to mountain-bike; boat-in campsites to kayak to; and lake trout, kokanee, and landlocked chinook to troll for.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/wa_north.htm (1075 words)

	North Cascades National Park - Books - US-Parks.com
		Several of the region’s national parks are centered on these mountains, including North Cascades National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and Crater Lake National Park.Underlying their elegance, however, is the disquieting fact that the range’s major peaks are potentially hazardous volcanoes.
		Includes North Cascades National Park, Mt. Baker and Glacier Peak wilderness areas, plus BC’s Manning and Cathedral parks.
		National Parks and Rural Development: Practice and Policy in the United States
	www.us-parks.com /cascades/books.html (852 words)

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