Why Triple Divide?
Explorer and geologist George Bird Grinnell referred to the glacially sculptured peaks and magnificent valleys of the Triple Divide Peak area in Glacier National Park as the Crown of the Continent.
The three great rivers of North America begin on the flanks of Triple Divide Peak in Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana.
Pacific Creek flows west to the Flathead River and into the Columbia.
Atlantic Creek goes southeast into Marias River then to the Missouri-Mississippi.
Hudson Bay Creek begins on the northeast side and is the headwaters of the Saskatchewan River.
Triple Divide Pass
from David Works' web site
50 State Prayer Focus - Montana
Triple Divide Peak - from Wikipedia
Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
More Triple Divides -
Three Rivers Mountain - Wyoming
Missouri River
Colorado River
Columbia River
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
The Upper Engadine, Switzerland
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Danube
Rhein
General Information About Divides
"A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters."