# New name for Glacier National Park **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459 "2007-07-28T04:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/1 "2007-07-28T04:28:51Z")
We’ve all heard [the story](http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/articles/glacier.asp). Of the 150 original glaciers, only 35 remain, and those are projected to disappear by 2030. Being a forward-looking guy, I figure that we should start the process of selecting a new name for the park now. We could call it **Moraine National Park**. Al Gore has suggested **The Park Formerly Known as Glacier**. Or we could just call it **George W. Bush National Park**. (Actually reality is way ahead of me on this suggestion. One of the glacier is named, errr, I mean _was_ named “Chaney Glacier”.) Any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/2 "2007-07-28T04:39:53Z")
Keep the original name. If history is any guide, the glaciers WILL return. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/3 "2007-07-28T05:20:57Z")
Eh? History has no previous instances of such massive glacial melting, so its seems to me that history is not a guide. In any case, you have to admit there’d be something odd about a Glacier National Park where the glaciers were on hiatus of unknown duration. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/4 "2007-07-28T08:17:31Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] . In any case, you have to admit there’d be something odd about a Glacier National Park where the glaciers were on hiatus of unknown duration. [/QUOTE] have you ever been to **Glacier Point** in Yosemite Nat’l Park? Lots and lots of tourists drive the long windy road to the top, and then ask the ranger, “where can I see the Glacier?”. One ranger there likes to respond by asking “excuse me, ma’am, but how old are you? Because the glacier is no longer here. But if you are about a half million years old, then you may have seen it when you were a little girl.” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/5 "2007-07-28T09:40:23Z")
**GW National Park \*\* – that way the righties can think it means** George Bush \*\* and the lefties can think it means **Global Warming** , and the tourists can think it means **Glaciers Where?** ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/6 "2007-07-28T19:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] **GW National Park \*\* – that way the righties can think it means** George Bush \*\* and the lefties can think it means **Global Warming** , and the tourists can think it means **Glaciers Where?** [/QUOTE] Doubly fitting because of [Waterton Park](http://www.watertonpark.com/) directly across the border (the combination is known as **Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park** ). Just get the Canadians to agree to the transposition, and you’re there! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/7 "2007-07-28T22:21:56Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] History has no previous instances of such massive glacial melting, so its seems to me that history is not a guide. [/QUOTE] Ah! You got me! Thats a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/8 "2007-07-29T08:50:27Z")
Hey, wait a minute… Isn’t global warming supposed to melt enough ice-cap to desalinate the North Atlantic and kill the Gulf Stream thereby plunging us into a new ‘Little Ice Age’ like what caused the Dark Ages and result in the _ **growth** _ of glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere? Or did the TV lie to me again? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/9 "2007-07-29T13:04:00Z")
My dad and I went looking for a glacier near Georgetown, Colorado last year but couldn’t find it. A guy at a nearby store thought it might have melted. If anyone knows anything about this glacier and where it went I’d like to hear about it. As for Glacier National Park, Cold, Damp, and Windy park is an accurate enough name for me. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/10 "2007-07-29T13:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=KRC] As for Glacier National Park, Cold, Damp, and Windy park is an accurate enough name for me. [/QUOTE] I think that in 20 years of going there regularly (parents live about an hour from East Glacier) I may have had one cold, damp, windy day. That was probably in the fall. It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world, in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/11 "2007-07-29T15:28:14Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] History has no previous instances of such massive glacial melting [/QUOTE] Geological history does. As [this article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age) describes, Earth’s history includes many glacial cycles. There have also been times when the Earth had very little ice, even in high latitudes. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/12 "2007-07-29T15:39:37Z")
How about: **Ex-Glacier National Park**? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/13 "2007-07-29T16:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] How about: **Ex-Glacier National Park**? [/QUOTE] This glacier is pinin’ for the fjords! ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/14 "2007-07-29T17:06:55Z")
[QUOTE=KRC] My dad and I went looking for a glacier near Georgetown, Colorado last year but couldn’t find it. A guy at a nearby store thought it might have melted. If anyone knows anything about this glacier and where it went I’d like to hear about it. [/QUOTE] > **[St. Mary's Glacier - hiking in Summit County Colorado](https://www.summitcountyexplorer.com/HIKES/St.Mary-sGlacier-HikingTrail.html)** > > Summit County Explorer - Your guide to colorado hiking trails, fishing and outdoor recreation in Summit County. Google “st mary’s glacier, colorado” for more. 20 years ago, it appeared to be a dirty snowbank. Not very exciting to look at, but I’ll be sad when it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-glacier-national-park/413459/15 "2007-07-29T17:11:03Z")
Rich White People Playground - cause in 30 years those will be the only people able to afford to live west of the park.