Quartermaster Canyon Explained

Quartermaster Canyon is a valley (a side canyon) in the Grand Canyon west of Grand Canyon National Park, in the Hualapai Indian Reservation in U.S. state of Arizona.[1]

The canyon's namesake is Quartermaster, a member of the Hualapai tribe who settled there in the early 20th century.[2]

Quartermaster Canyon is a popular destination for Grand Canyon helicopter tours. In the year 2013, 385 helicopter tours landed near Quartermaster Canyon, raising questions from National Geographic over sustainability.[3] In February 2018, a commercial helicopter crashed at Quartermaster Canyon, killing three of its six passengers.

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33.9678°N -113.7594°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Three die in Grand Canyon helicopter crash, four others injured . CNN . February 11, 2018 . 11 February 2018.
  2. Book: Simmons. George Clarke. Gaskill. David L.. Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon. 1969. Northland Press. 117. named for a Hualapai Indian called "Quartermaster" who lived in the canyon from the early 1900s to about 1930..
  3. Web site: Are We Losing the Grand Canyon? . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817043933/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/grand-canyon-development-hiking-national-parks/ . dead . August 17, 2016 . National Geographic . 11 February 2018 . Fedarko, Kevin.

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