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Coordinates: 56°07′N 130°04′W / 56.117°N 130.067°W / 56.117; -130.067 (Salmon Glacier)
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The glacier can be accessed by road from [[Stewart, British Columbia]], from early July to late September.
The glacier can be accessed by road from [[Stewart, British Columbia]], from early July to late September.
==External links==
==External links==
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==Further Reading==
* [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic13-2-74.pdf Haumann, Dieter, 1960, Photogrammetric and glaciological studies of Salmon Glacier: Arctic, v. 13, no. 2, p. 74–100]

* [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386j/coastmtns/cstmtns-hires.pdf Clark, K.C., and Holdsworth, G., 2002, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-J: Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World -- North America, p. 291-299]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:08, 1 September 2009

The Salmon Glacier is a glacier located c.25 kilometres north of Stewart, British Columbia, and Hyder, Alaska, just on the Canadian side of the border. The glacier, one of hundreds in the Boundary Ranges, is notable for its a potential major natural hazard. Summit Lake is located at the northern end of the glacier and every year around mid-July the lake breaks an ice-dam and then flows under the Salmon Glacier into the Salmon River. This causes the river to rise approximately 4 - 5 feet for several days.[citation needed]

The glacier can be accessed by road from Stewart, British Columbia, from early July to late September.

  • "Salmon Glacier". BC Geographical Names.

Further Reading

See also

56°07′N 130°04′W / 56.117°N 130.067°W / 56.117; -130.067 (Salmon Glacier)