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Some more views of and outside of the Lodge.On December 10, 1926 hurricane-force winds (estimated at 145 km/hr) blew each of the hotel's wings about 3 inches off their foundation. The men managed to winch the sections back in line. Three months later winds reached speeds of over 129 km/hr, again pushing the building off its foundation. This time Oland feared structural damage if they tried to pull back the now fully-framed building so he decided to leave it slightly out of plumb. The story on how they saved the hotel: glacierparkinc.com/ ... r&ut
Aug 13 2017