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It wasn't until 1990 that the company purchased its first overnight vessel, the 52-passenger Spirit of Glacier Bay. Through the 1990s the company increasingly focused on cruising and expanded its fleet and added new non-Alaskan destinations such as the Columbia and Snake Rivers, British Columbia, California's wine country, and into Mexico's Sea ...
The welcome sign to Glacier Bay seen by the road entrance. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on February 26, 1925. [4]
Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, and which was later, on December 2, 1980, enlarged and designated as the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, covering an area of ...
The most popular way to see Glacier Bay is by boat. Peter Christian, chief spokesperson for Public Affairs for the National Park Service’s Alaska region, said highly regulated cruise ships "go ...
Dry Bay, Alaska is a landform and a summer fishing community located on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Alaska, 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Yakutat. [1] Dry Bay lies along the Alsek River , one of the boundaries of Glacier Bay National Park .
Icy Strait Point is a cruise destination located in Hoonah, Alaska, established in 1996 by the Alaskan Native Huna Totem Corporation.. The only privately-owned cruise destination in Alaska, [1] [2] it is located on Chichagof Island and named after the nearby Icy Strait.
The company became a household name after the widespread popularity of their Crown Jewel faucet line in 1950. From 1960-1970, Price Pfister accelerated in growth, starting with the construction of a 25 acres (100,000 m 2 ) manufacturing plant in Pacoima, California, which became the largest foundry West of the Mississippi.
Captain J.W. Swanson built the tour boat DeSmet in 1930, for the Glacier Park Transport Company. In 1938, Arthur J. Burch purchased the contract to provide boat services in Glacier National Park. The DeSmet was named after Father Pierre DeSmet , a prominent Jesuit missionary in the area.