The town in the park. Visitor centre at 404 Cameron Falls Drive, daily 9:00–17:00, closed on 25 December. From November to April most facilities are closed.
Opened on 25 July 1927, a national historic site since 1995. It was here in 1931 that Rotarians from Alberta and Montana resolved to create the world’s first peace park.
The hotel on the rise above the lake is Waterton’s landmark, and the place where the idea of the world’s first peace park was adopted.
Opened
25 July 1927.
Built by
Great Northern Railway; Louis Hill chose the site on the rise in 1913.
Lease
42 years, granted on 1 February 1926.
National historic site
recognised in 1995.
Peace park
On 4 and 5 July 1931, almost a hundred Rotarians from Alberta and Montana resolved here to call for an international peace park.
Historic route
From 1927 by train to Montana, then on the MV International from Goat Haunt across Upper Waterton Lake.
Canyon of red rock at the end of the Red Rock Parkway, reached on a short loop trail.
At the end of the Red Rock Parkway, a creek cuts through bright red rock. The contrast of red stone and clear water is the most unusual sight in the park.
Location
At the end of the Red Rock Parkway, in the north of the park.
Access
Short loop trail from the parking lot.
Nearby
The trail to Blakiston Falls starts at the same point.
Road access
Paved, like all major roads in the park.
Fire of 2017
The north of the park lay in the path of the Kenow Fire; the vegetation here is young.
30 km (19 mi) from town via the Chief Mountain Highway, the direct route into Glacier National Park. Only open from 15 May to 30 September, weather permitting.
