Est October 2 nd 1968 To preserve the majestic mountain scenery snowfields glaciers alpine meadows cascading waterfalls and other unique natural features in the North Cascade Range The region is frequently called the North American Alps ID: 599038
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North Cascades National Park
Est. October 2
nd
1968
To preserve the
majestic mountain scenery, snowfields, glaciers, alpine meadows, cascading waterfalls, and other unique natural features in the North
Cascade Range.
The region is frequently called the North American Alps.Slide2
National Park Service Complex?
The North Cascades National Park Act also designated
Ross Lake
and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. Located adjacent to the North Cascades and easily accessible to visitors of the park these recreation areas make up a National Park Service Complex
Ross Lake from Desolation Peak
Lake ChelanSlide3
Park Specs.
Located in Washington state on the North Cascades highway (Highway 20).
The park itself covers 789 square miles.
The two recreation areas collectively occupy an additional 281 square miles.
For a total of 1,070 square miles or 684,800 acres of land.
All is managed through the National Park Service.Slide4
Human History in the Cascades!
The region has
been continuously inhabited for at least the last 8-10,000
years The
Skagits, Nlaka’ pamux, Chelan, Okanogan and Wenatchi tribes lived partly or year-round in the eastern sections of the North Cascades for 1000’s of years.
In the 1850’s prospectors began searching for gold in the Cascades and in the 1870’s when it was finally found, miners and their family's then arrived. Over the next few decades when the gold rush ended mining took a backburner until the start of WW1 then again in WW2.Little of the park was commercially logged. Some logging started in the 1870’s and petered out by the 1880’s due to lack of easy access.
Fur traders, traveling on foot and by canoe, were among the first Euro-Americans to venture into the North Cascades wilderness in the late 1700s.Slide5
What can you find in the park?
North Cascades offers over 1600 identified species of plant
Home
to approximately 75 mammal species in 20 families including Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, Lynx, Black-Tailed Deer, Fisher and Wolverines and Douglas Squirrels.
Around 21 species of reptiles and amphibians representing four ordersR
oughly 200 species of birds in 38 familiesAt least 28 species of fish Recent
surveys have documented over 500 types of land insects and approximately 250 aquatic invertebrate species.
Deer at Cascade PassSlide6
What to do in the park!
The Cascades are full of rich activities!
Climbing
Hiking
BikingHorseback ridingSwimming
Bird watchingBear monitoringRanger talksBoating
FishingGuided tours
Ecology
Geogrophy
Picture Lake