Marias Pass

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Marias Pass is a major mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana, known as a key rail and highway route through the Continental Divide near Glacier National Park.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marias Pass canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
connects East Glacier Park area ⓘ
Flathead Valley ⓘ
Great Plains of Montana ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Montana

West Glacier area ⓘ
linked to: West Glacier
county Flathead County, Montana ⓘ
linked to: Flathead County

Glacier County, Montana ⓘ
linked to: Glacier County
crosses Continental Divide of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Continental Divide
discoveredBy John Frank Stevens ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween Columbia River basin ⓘ
Missouri River basin ⓘ
elevation about 1,589 meters ⓘ
about 5,213 feet ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
hasFeature Continental Divide crossing sign ⓘ
hasMonument Theodore Roosevelt obelisk ⓘ
hasNearbyTown East Glacier Park Village ⓘ
Essex, Montana ⓘ
West Glacier ⓘ
hasViewOf Lewis Range peaks ⓘ
linked to: Lewis Range

forested mountain slopes ⓘ
historicalUse highway route through the Rockies ⓘ
railroad route through the Rockies ⓘ
is lowest crossing of the Continental Divide in the United States north of New Mexico ⓘ
isImportantFor access between Great Plains and interior Northwest ⓘ
east–west transportation in northern Montana ⓘ
locatedIn Rocky Mountains ⓘ
United States ⓘ
northwestern Montana ⓘ
namedAfter Marias River ⓘ
near Glacier National Park ⓘ
onRailLine Empire Builder route ⓘ
linked to: Empire Builder
partOf Lewis Range ⓘ
railroadGrade relatively gentle for a Continental Divide crossing ⓘ
region Northern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Middle Rockies
roadOpen generally year-round ⓘ
subjectOf railroad engineering history ⓘ
transportation studies in Montana ⓘ
surveyedFor Great Northern Railway ⓘ
traversedBy BNSF Railway ⓘ
Hi-Line Subdivision ⓘ
U.S. Route 2 ⓘ
usedFor automobile travel ⓘ
freight rail traffic ⓘ
passenger rail traffic ⓘ
tourism access to Glacier National Park ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Northern Railway → notablePass → Marias Pass ⓘ
Continental Divide → hasNotablePass → Marias Pass ⓘ
Great Northern Railway → notablePass → Marias Pass ⓘ
subject linked to: Hill Lines
Hi-Line Subdivision → traverses → Marias Pass ⓘ