Muir Glacier with steamship CITY OF TOPEKA in foreground

Photograph possibly by Frank LaRoche. On verso of image: Muir Glacier Muir Glacier heads about 9 miles south of Mount Harris and trends southeast 12 miles to Muir Inlet, 6 miles northwest of Westdahl Point and 77 miles northwest of Hoonah. It was named about 1880 for John Muir (1834-1918), the Ameri...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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Glaciers > Alaska
Steamboats > Alaska
Muir Glacier (Alaska)
City of Topeka (Ship)
Mount Harris
glacier
glaciers
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/608
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Summary:Photograph possibly by Frank LaRoche. On verso of image: Muir Glacier Muir Glacier heads about 9 miles south of Mount Harris and trends southeast 12 miles to Muir Inlet, 6 miles northwest of Westdahl Point and 77 miles northwest of Hoonah. It was named about 1880 for John Muir (1834-1918), the American naturalist who discovered this glacier on his 1879 trip to Alaska. [Source: Donald Orth. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967.]

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