Glen Canyon Lake Powell

With the construction of Glen Canyon Dam under way in the mid-1950s that would ultimately block the Colorado River and create Lake Powell, Hubbard started making treks into many of the accessible side canyons and tributaries for one last look before they were lost beneath its waters. He also monitored the progress by from a plane.

Flyover the future Glen Canyon Dam

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14 x 11, circa 1959 Shortly after the announcement from the Department of Interior of the construction of Glen Canyon Dam Hubbard took this aerial photograph of the dam site for posterity, as well as the land that would become the town of Page and eventually Lake Powell.