Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout Explained

The Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout is a historic fire lookout post located in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. It is significant as one of a chain of staffed fire lookout posts within the park. The one-story timber-construction with a flat roof was built in 1945. The flat, overhanging roof is anchored to the stone foundation with cables.^[1]

The lookout was to be built in 1940 by local contractor Ole Norden as part of a Public Works Administration project. However, Norden was unable to perform the work and it was completed in 1945 under a different contract.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout. November 14, 2008. List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521183319/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=MT&PARK=GLAC&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=169. May 21, 2011. dead.
2. Book: [{{NRHP url|id=86003688}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout]. pdf. June 1984 . Historical Research Associates . National Park Service.