Lake George 3

Richard Estelle
Palmer Museum of History and Art
Open Finding Aid
Creator

Hewitts Photo Shop

Collection

Anton Anderson Collection

Time Period

Unknown

Description

Image is an aerial oblique view of Knik Glacier's terminal moraine marking the extent of seasonal advance of Knik Glacier seen at left. For many years, when the glacier was more active, it would advance to the mountain at right, damming outflow of melt water in the valley beyond and creating "Lake George". By late summer the lake would fill and erode a channel past the ice and then violently empty, flooding the Knik River below.

Location

Knik Glacier near Palmer, Alaska

Type

Black & White Paper Print, 5" x 7"

ENTRY ID

Glacier#1x-And

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