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. "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. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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