Timeline of Glacier Bay National Park

By Grant_Nelson

  • Glaciers Retreat

    Glaciers Retreat
    A mini ice age is over and the glaciers start to retreat.

  • First White Man

    First White Man
    Jean Francois Galoup is the first white man in the area that is now known as the Glacier Bay National Park

  • First to See Glacier Bay

    First to See Glacier Bay
    L.t. Carles E.S. Wood was the first was the first white person to see Glacier Bay.

  • Recording Glacier Bay

    John Muir records L.t. Carles E.S. Wood's findings and enters Glacier Bay with the help of the Tlingit indians

  • Establishment

    Establishment
    President Coolidge establishes Glacier bay a National Monument

  • Expanding

    Expanding
    Glacier bay doubles in size through a proclamation by franklin roosevelt

  • Cruising

    Cruising
    Cruise ships are now entering Glacier Bay regularly.

  • Lodge

    Lodge
    The glacier bay lodge was built

  • Becoming a Park

    alaska has finally become a park and it covers 3.3 million acres

  • Huna Tribal House

    Huna Tribal House
    Xunaa Shuká Hít opens