Quartermaster Canyon

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][2]

The canyon's namesake is Quartermaster, a member of the Hualapai tribe who settled there in the early 20th century.[3]

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.[4] In February 2018, a commercial helicopter crashed at Quartermaster Canyon, killing three of its six passengers.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quartermaster Canyon
  2. ^ a b "Three die in Grand Canyon helicopter crash, four others injured". CNN. February 11, 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ Simmons, George Clarke; Gaskill, David L. (1969). Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon. Northland Press. p. 117. named for a Hualapai Indian called "Quartermaster" who lived in the canyon from the early 1900s to about 1930.
  4. ^ Fedarko, Kevin. "Are We Losing the Grand Canyon?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

33°58′04″N 113°45′34″W / 33.9678°N 113.7594°W / 33.9678; -113.7594