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Quartermaster Canyon
Valley in Grand Canyon National Park From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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