| Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station Historic District | |
| Nrhp Type: | hd |
| Nocat: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 48.6397°N -113.8725°W |
| Built: | 1924 |
| Architect: | Austin Weikert, Asa Powell |
| Added: | December 16, 1986 |
| Mpsub: | Glacier National Park MRA |
| Refnum: | 86003699 |
The Upper Lake McDonald Ranger Station in Glacier National Park was a formerly isolated site that became an administrative center with the opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The National Park Service Rustic cabin was typical of the preferred style for western park structures of the period.[1] The ranger station is similar to its counterparts at Belly River and Sherburne, as well as the Polebridge Ranger Station residence.[2]
The district includes the ranger station, a woodshed, boathouse, garage, cabin, fire cache and a pumphouse.[2]
The boathouse burned in the Howe Ridge Fire of 2018 and only the foundation remains. The ranger station itself and other buildings were saved.