Information About

Great Glacier

Great Glacier

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Wrangell
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 89 ft (27.13 m)
About

heads on Alaska-Canada boundary, 36 mi. NE of Petersburg, trends SE to Stikine River in British Columbia; Coast Mts..

History of Great Glacier

Named reported in 1877 by Joseph Hunter, Canadian engineer and surveyor, who wrote "Great Glacier is said to extend northwestwardly to the coast about 70 miles, from 350 to 400 feet high."