Name: Death Canyon

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104824W

Latitude: 433911N

 

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Elevation: 6690/2039

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Valley

 

Origin of Name:

Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyo., ... gorge between Buck Mountain and Prospectors Mountain, draining southeast into Phelps Lake.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Death Canyon has such a sinister name that it should have a thrilling story connected with it but so far the only reason unearthed for its name is that it was almost certain death to attempt to travel up or down the canyon. The walls are, for the most part, sheer precipices thousands of feet in height. Rocks and boulders are continually falling and bounding from the heights down into the narrow bottom of the canyon.

Source: WPA 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Grand Teton

 

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