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Quartermaster Canyon

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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
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over sustainability. In February 2018, a commercial helicopter crashed at Quartermaster Canyon, killing three of its six passengers.
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named for a Hualapai Indian called "Quartermaster" who lived in the canyon from the early 1900s to about 1930.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quartermaster Canyon
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The canyon's namesake is Quartermaster, a member of the
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is a valley (a side canyon) in the Grand Canyon west of
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Grand Canyon National Park
Hualapai Indian Reservation
U.S. state
Arizona
Hualapai
National Geographic
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quartermaster Canyon


"Three die in Grand Canyon helicopter crash, four others injured"
Marble Gorge and Grand Canyon
"Are We Losing the Grand Canyon?"
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33°58′04″N 113°45′34″W / 33.9678°N 113.7594°W / 33.9678; -113.7594
Categories
Landforms of Mohave County, Arizona
Valleys of Arizona

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