Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout
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The Heaven's Peak Fire Lookout in Glacier National Park,
Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
, USA, 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. 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.


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Government buildings completed in 1945 Towers completed in 1945 National Park Service rustic in Montana Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Flathead County, Montana 1945 establishments in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park {{Montana-NRHP-stub