Description
Located in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads on the southern side of the Takhinsha Mountains, trends south to Muir Inlet, 4 miles north of Sealers Island, and 42 miles southwest of Skagway, St Elias Mountains. (AK-T1)
History
Named in 1890 by Reid (1896, pl. 86) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for H. McBride, a member of his party in 1890. On the map dated 1890, Reid (1892, pl. 14) had named the glacier "Second North Tributary Muir Glacier," but later he changed the name to McBride Glacier. (AK-T1)