Glacier Country

1kalispellarea.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:049YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://glacier.visitmt.comGlacier Country10000080<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"> <IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Apgar_LakeMcDonald.jpg" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Lake McDonald Photo courtesy: Donnie Sexton</li></ul> Apgar is in Glacier National Park at the lower end of Lake McDonald and two miles from the West Glacier entrance. Jessie Apgar was the first postmaster and the town was named for her family. This Flathead County post office was open 1913-30 and again 1942-44. In 1895 Dimon Apgar and others cut a road from Belton through heavy forests to Lake McDonald and homesteaded there. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Eureka, Montana" coords="12,6,78,19" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=109"><area shape="rect" alt="Fortine, Montana" coords="24,24,70,39" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=125"><area shape="rect" alt="Trego, Montana" coords="7,45,40,62" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=331"><area shape="rect" alt="Stryker, Montana" coords="48,46,93,61" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=318"><area shape="rect" alt="Olney, Montana" coords="58,62,98,73" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=244"><area shape="rect" alt="Babb, Montana" coords="194,24,225,38" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=13"><area shape="rect" alt="St. Mary, Montana" coords="204,38,249,53" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=374"><area shape="rect" alt="East Glacier, Montana" coords="223,89,248,137" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=99"><area shape="rect" alt="Apgar, Montana" coords="127,60,165,72" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=9"><area shape="rect" alt="Essex, Montana" coords="173,133,200,151" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=107"><area shape="rect" alt="West Glacier, Montana" coords="133,73,206,87" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=375"><area shape="rect" alt="Polson, Montana" coords="58,221,104,243" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=260"><area shape="rect" alt="Hot Springs, Montana" coords="19,211,56,231" href=254100APGARGLACIER1439Apgar Village Lodge12299Apgar Campground12300Avalanche Creek Campground12313Sprague Creek Campground12314St. Mary Campground117493Quartz Creek Campground121045Glacier Outfitters1MT59936