THE CONCEPT WAS BORN amidst the craggy, glacier-covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains that cut through the most remote and under-populated region along the shared border of Canada and the United States. In the early twentieth century, each country had already established its own national park on either side of the boundary, in an area locals call the "Crown of the Continent." Civic leaders in both nations, however, believed that the existence of the side-by-side parks presented a unique opportunity to celebrate the longstanding friendship between neighbors.

In 1931, members of the service club organization Rotary International formalized the idea, declaring that Glacier National Park in the ...

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