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Red Eagle Mountain, an 8,881-foot peak in Glacier National Park’s Lewis Range, rises more than 4,000 feet above Saint Mary Lake and stands out as a prominent landmark on the park’s east side. Easily visible from nearby roads and communities, it is valued for both its dramatic setting and its geologic significance. Its name, given in 1887 by James Willard Schultz’s Indian wife for her uncle Red Eagle, preserved a family story in which he saved their son’s life through prayers to the Sun. The mountain is formed of ancient sedimentary rock shaped by the Lewis Overthrust, a massive geologic upheaval begun about 170 million years ago.
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