Show I r tr t r g- g 4 HIGHEST PEAK ON CONTINENT Mighty 1 Mount 1 McKinley rears Its Us snow snow- snow covered head high Into the clouds reaching an altitude of feet above sea level The peak is the major attraction of i Mount McKinley l National park one of the two parks located outside the thc continental limits STUDY IN HI CONTRASTS II III I lush Tropics Frozen Arctic l in Parks Features Fea I Two of the great national parks which belong to the people of the United States lie in our territories overseas overseas overseas-Hawa Hawaii National park on the islands of Hawaii and Maui in the Hawaiian Hawaiian Hawaiian Hawai Hawai- ian archipelago and Mount McKinley National park in Alaska i These two parks present a study in contrasts Hawaii Hawa within the tropics basks in perpetual spring Its forests with lush ferns 40 feet high are with gay gay with birds of brilliant plumage McKinley McKinl McKinley Mc Mc- Kinley l on on tl the e other ther hand enjoys a brief summer season of warmth and during most or 01 tte f year sleeps in Arctic silence Here Herein in winter some of the birds and small animals animals' even don white habits to travel like spectres over the snowy landscape Hawaii National park was established established by act of congress on August 1 1916 and was placed National Parks un under de r administration ad ad- ministration tion Ninth of National In a Series Park service which h h also w i c was created in the same month Main features in the park are two spectacular V volcanoes volcanoes vol vol- l- l canoes frequently active Kilauea and Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii and one of the worlds world's largest largest largest larg larg- est dormant volcanoes Haleakala on the island of Maui The total area within the two sections of the park is about square miles Kilauea probably older than its neighbor towering Mauna Loa cre cre- creates creates ates the impression of being a crater in the side of the higher mountain although it is itself a mountain with an altitude of feet This illusion is the result of a abroad abroad abroad broad depression at its top and of its gentle slopes caused by lava flows from many lateral vents Within the depression is a vast pit or House of Fire which often oHen contains a boiling bubbling hubbling bubbling bub hub bling mass ass of molten lava whose surface fluctuates from rom bottom torim to torim torim rim Until 1924 molten lava was usually visible at any time in but activity since then has been spasmodic Its risings are arc accompanied by brilliant fountains and inflows of liquid lava and its by t tremendous rem end endo 0 us avalanches which send up enormous dust r u. u To the west of Kilauea rises the 1 vast dome of Mauna Loa whose summit crater is included in the national park Included Included In In- eluded also is a broad connecting belt between the two volcanoes Mauna Loa thrusts it great bulk feet above the surrounding Pacific By eruptions in its summit crater and by flank outbreaks it is constantly adding t to its mass In action Mauna Loa is even more spectacular than Kilauea and I I steam vents continually nd teath- teath I ery cry clouds into the air ding northeast and south r su are arc Ic wi wih rents reDL formed by earth- earth v JT- JT quaked r as well as many 1 a v f colored spatter cones son c sone in height Twice since e ety ty of Hilo at the base of i the v ei lIVo o has been threatened by great risers rivers of lava which have havet t flowed d do don n the sides of the moun moun- tain tam S S S I HALEAKALA SECTION of Hawaii Ha Ha- wail National park is on the Island of Maui This Thi volcano derives its House of the which means 1 name Bun from a legend about the Polynesian Polynesian Polynesian Poly Poly- demigod Maui Maul who climbed to the top of Haleakala ensnared the rays of the sun and forced it to travel more slowly ir in iq Its course so that his mother might have sufficient cleat time Ume to complete her days day's now rising more work Haleakala than feet above sea level was mountain A once a much higher collapse of the dome many years 7 crater formed a great ago with miles wide miles long and 3 walls over 1000 feet high Within these gorgeously colored colored col col- col- col ored walls lies tics a superb volcanic vol canic spectacle Covering th thi floor are arc giant red black and orange cinder cones which a al although although though hundreds of feet high are dwarfed by the Immensity of their surroundings The crater has a circumference of 21 miles and an area of 19 square miles Both sections of the park are reached from Honolulu by island boat or airplane From Hilo port of Hawaii island one may rent an automobile automobile automobile au au- au- au for the trip to Kilauea or take a regular bus S S MOUNT McKINLEY National park situated in south central Alasha Alaska Alaska Alas Alas- ka ha was created by act of congress in 1917 It contains an area of a little more than square miles Principal scenic feature of the park parkis is mighty Mount McKinley highest peak on the North American continent con con- This majestic mountain rears its snow covered head high into the clouds reaching an altitude of feet above sea level and rises above the timber line On its north and west sides McKinley McKinley McKin McKin- ley springs abruptly from a plateau only 2500 to feet high For two thirds of the way down from its summit Mount McKinley l is enveloped in snow throughout the year Denall home of the sun was the name given to this Impre impressive mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain by the early Indians Near Mount McKinley are Mount Foraker with an elevation of feet Mount Hunter feet and Mount Russell feet Great glaciers fed by the high snow fields of this mountain range flow many miles both to the north and to the south During the park season which ex ex- tends from June 10 to September 10 10 with more than 18 hours of daylight each day there is a wealth of flowering flowering flowering flow flow- ering plants The park is also the home of many interesting animals and birds Prospective visitors to Mount McKinley National park probably will make the trip to Alaska by steamer from Seattle To use the war constructed Alaska highway through Canada requires a special permit from the Canadian government government government govern govern- ment and permits are not yet granted to motor tourists Business Businessmen men 1 en settlers and bus passengers apply for permits to L. L E. E Drummond Traffic Control Division Division Divi Divi- sion Alaska Highway Edmonton Alberta V r L' L 4 VAST PIT FIT PIT or House of or Fire Firc Is a vast pit In Inthe Inthe inthe the crater of Kilauea volcano Hawaii National park |