After docking at Juneau we took a tour to Mendenhall Glacier. Absolute great.....below is another excerpt from the Internet...Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 12 miles (19 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Mendenhall Glacier and Lake
Originally known as Sitaantaagu ("the Glacier Behind the Town") or Aak'wtaaksit ("the Glacier Behind the Little Lake") by the Tlingits, the glacier was named Auke (Auk) Glacier by naturalist John Muir for the Tlingit Auk Kwaan (or Aak'w Kwaan) band 1879. It was later renamed in honor of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1889–1894) in 1892. It extends from the Juneau Icefield, its source, to Mendenhall Lake and ultimately the Mendenhall River.
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Also interesting that the Forest Service visitor's center at Mendenhall Glacier is the first USFS visitor's ever ever built. You would have thought that some Lower 48 USFS visitor's center would hold that distinction.
A not-to-miss location when you visit Juneau. Also a great USFS visitor's center in Ketchikan called the Discovery Center. Ray Massey AK USFS
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