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Photograph of Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin
Photograph by National Park Service inventory, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin

Built in 1935 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“The Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin, also known as the Baring Creek Cabin or Baring Cabin, in Glacier National Park was an example of the National Park Service Rustic style. Built in 1935 by local contractor Harry E.”

Wikipedia article Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Glacier County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1935, National Park Service rustic.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Going-to-the-Sun Rd., St. Mary, 59434
  • When was it listed? July 1999
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Glacier National Park MPS; Glacier National Park MPS
  • Census division. Glacier National Park
  • When was it built? 1935
  • Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
  • National Register reference number. 99000776 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin between 1996 and 2017, burning about 39,074 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2006Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkHEAVY RUNNER
6 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkGOAT
31 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGlacier National ParkOUTBOUND
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkHEAVY RUNNER
11 August 2017Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkPIEGAN
11 August 2008Naturalunder an acreGlacier National ParkRISING SUN
31 July 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGlacier National ParkRED EAGLE
29 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use20 acresBlackfeet Agency3-MILE II FIRE

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sun Camp Fireguard Cabin: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cracker Lake MineCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Glacier County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Rising Wolf2.9 miles2016
Roes Creek Campground Camptender's Cabin3.1 miles1996
Rising Sun Auto Camp3.2 miles1996
Glacier National Park Tourist Trails-Inside Trail, South Circle, North Circle3.4 miles1996
Logan Pass Visitor Center6.0 miles2008
Going-to-the-Sun Road6.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99000776 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Glacier CountyAll 29 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.