Art Greene (right) supervising the launch of a Canyon Tour boat at Lake Powell, ca. 1964

The Bureau of Reclamation finished Glen Canyon Dam just a year before. Lake Powell did not fill until 1980, but recreation operations in the Glen Canyon area began decades before. | Source:

Canyon Tours, Inc.“Lake Powell Boat Trips Through Glen Canyon and the Colorado River Country to Fabulous Rainbow Bridge.” Brochure Produced by Canyon Tours, Inc. to Attract Visitors to Lake Powell Recreation Area. Brochure, 1967. Colorado Plateau Archives, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University. https://arizona-nau.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01NAU_INST/g4092q/alma991009343498003842 

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