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Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	West Glacier, Montana
Coordinates	48°49′40″N 114°11′31″W / 48.82778°N 114.19194°W / 48.82778; -114.19194
Built	1934
Architect	Austin Weikert
MPS	Glacier National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000340
Added to NRHP	February 14, 1986

The Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States, is a rustic back-country log cabin. Built in 1934, the cabin has a single room, with a front porch extension to create a shelter from snowfall.

During the 1920s and 1930s the National Park Service built a series of snowshoe cabins or patrol cabins in Glacier's back country. The cabins were built to a standardized plan that was developed in Yellowstone National Park, which were themselves similar to those used by the U.S. Forest Service which took design cues from trappers' cabins. Cabins usually included a bear-and-rodent-proof food cache under the floor. Furnishings were limited to a hinged cupboard which could be folded down to form a table, a stove, and a bunk bed.

The Bowman Lake cabin, located closer to the "front country" than most, featured a six-burner wood stove, a permanent table and a bedding storage box.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. November 14, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
3. ^ Historical Research Associates (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bowman Lake Patrol Cabin" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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