Q 01/05

Because of their jagged, glaciated peaks, the North Cascades are nicknamed the American what?

A) Alps

B) Andes

C) Rockies

D) Dolomites

Answer · why

A) Alps

Alps. The comparison is an old one: tourists of the 1890s thought the scenery around Lake Chelan outdid Switzerland's, and in 1892 locals proposed mak...

Q 02/05

Which Canadian province lies directly across North Cascades National Park's northern boundary?

A) Alberta

B) Saskatchewan

C) New Brunswick

D) British Columbia

Answer · why

D) British Columbia

British Columbia. The line between them is the 49th parallel, fixed by the 1846 Oregon Treaty after Britain and the United States had spent decades di...

Q 03/05

North Cascades National Park lies about 100 miles from Seattle in which direction?

A) Northwest

B) Northeast

C) Southwest

D) Southeast

Answer · why

B) Northeast

Northeast. Much of the push for a park came from Seattle, where the North Cascades Conservation Council, founded in 1957, made its base and gathered s...

Q 04/05

North Cascades National Park is in which U.S. state?

A) Oregon

B) Washington

C) Montana

D) California

Answer · why

B) Washington

Washington. The Forest Service resisted a park here for decades, because national park status meant handing the land to the rival Park Service.

Q 05/05

Which river, dammed into a chain of reservoirs, splits North Cascades National Park into north and south units?

A) Skagit

B) Columbia

C) Wenatchee

D) Nooksack

Answer · why

A) Skagit

Skagit. None of its three dams stands inside the park: the 1968 act put the flooded valley in a separate recreation area between the two units, so pow...