William Gladstone Steel (September 7, 1854 – October 21, 1934) was an American journalist who was known for campaigning for 17 years for the United States Congress to designate Crater Lake as a National Park.

[3] While a schoolboy in Kansas, in May 1870, Steel read an article, in the newspaper wrapping his lunch, about the discovery of Crater Lake.

[2] Steel published an article describing his reactions as he viewed the lake for the first time in the March 1886 issue of West Shore magazine.

Steel publicized Crater Lake by hosting the Mazamas convention and mountain climbing tour in 1896.

[2] Steel became known as "The Judge", and the "father of Crater Lake", described as a "one-man chamber of commerce".