Latitude: 56º-57º N, Longitude: 129º-131º W


Source: North Western British Columbia, 1:600 000 map 1B


Source: West Central British Columbia, 1:600 000 map 1F

Canadian Glaciers

Official Name	Latitude (Centre of Glacier)	Longitude (Centre of Glacier)	Gazetteer Map Reference
Andrei Glacier	56°55'42"N	130°55'36"W	104B/15
Bear Glacier	56°05'00" N	129°42'00"W	104A/4
Bear River Glacier	56°05'00" N	129°41'30"W	104A/4
Berendon Glacier	56°15'00" N	130°10'00" W	104B/1
Boundary Glacier	56°07'00" N	130°04'00" W	104B/1
Bronson Glacier	56°37'00" N	130°59'00"W	104B/10
Clara Smith Glacier	56°15'00" N	130°30'00"W	104B/7
Cone Glacier	56°33'00" N	130°39'00" W	104B/10
Copper King Glacier	56°36'00" N	130°37'00" W	104B/10
Delta Glacier	56°32'00" N	129°32'00" W	104A/12
Erickson Glacier	56°08'00"N	129°47'00"W	104A/4
Frank Mackie Glacier	56°19'00" N	130°10'00"W	104B/8
Knipple Glacier	56°25'00" N	129°59'00"W	104A/5
Leduc Glacier	56°13'00" N	130°22'00" W	104B/1
Lehua Glacier	56°31'00" N	130°48'00" W	104B/10
Melville Glacier	56°38'00" N	130°33'00" W	104B/10
Salmon Glacier	56°07'00" N	130°04'00" W	104B/1
Yuri Glacier	56°58'00" N	130°42'12" W	104B/15

Source:BCGNIS

American Glaciers

Official Name

Casey Glacier

Chickamin Glacier

Ferguson Glacier

Gray Glacier

Greenpoint Glacier

Hummel Glacier

Texas Glacier

Through Glacier

Featured Glaciers:
Salmon Glacier

Source: Physical Geography.net

Salmon Glacier is part of the Misty Fjord National Monument.
The Salmon Glacier runs between the US State of Alaska and the Canadian Province of British Columbia.


Source: Physical Geography.net

Laterial moraines along the sides of the Salmon Glacier, British Columbia, Canada.

Bear Glacier



This Glacier is found off of Highway 37A in Northern British Columbia between the Meziadin Junction and Stewart, the closest city. Belonging within Bear Glacier Provincial Park, Bear Glacier descends into Strohn Lake, almost advancing upon Highway 37A.

Up until the 1940's the Bear River Pass was entirely consumed with ice. Glacial retreat since then has left an exposed basin to be filled with melt water, creating Strohn Lake. The Glacier once acted as a literal 'ice dam' and prevented the lake from draining into the Bear River Valley. Between 1958 and 1962 there were 5 large flood events known by an Icelandic term as 'jokullaups'. Water flowing from Strohn Lake had began to move under the ice, carving tunnels underneath Bear Glacier and releasing cataclysmic amounts of water, ice and rock. However, by 1967 the glacier had retreated to the point where Strohn Lake was no longer damned, ending the threat of destructive and sudden flooding events. In 1998 Bear Glacier Park was named a Class An Provincial Park.

Photo by: Richard D. Huseth
Source: Government of British Columbia


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