Cantwell, Alaska

• Crash near Cantwell kills 2, injures 5
  

  Two people are dead and five others injured following a multi-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon near Cantwell along the Parks Highway, according to state officials.

• Residents try to limit trapping in Healy
  

  Two Healy residents have voiced their concerns about trapping during plenty of community meetings.

• Anchorage man dies after fall from Hurricane Gulch bridge
  

  An Anchorage man who fell off the towering Hurricane Gulch Bridge Sunday fell nearly 300 feet yet survived initially, emergency officials said.

• Driving the Denali Highway and the Dalton Highway in Alaska
  

  The Denali Highway and the Dalton Highway are two highways that lead to different destinations in Alaska.

• Earthquake rattles Cantwell area; no damage reported
  

  An earthquake has rattled residents of Cantwell, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks.

• Minor earthquake rattles central Alaska
  

  A small earthquake shook central Alaska on Friday evening. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said a magnitude 3.6 temblor struck at 9:46 p.m. about 45 miles southeast of Cantwell and 53 miles southeast of Denali National Park.

City Description

Cantwell was a railway flag stop at the junction with the Denali Highway. The original town is off the Parks Highway. It is a census-designated place (CDP) in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 222. Cantwell is considered the western terminus of the Denali Highway. Cantwell is named after Jim Cantwell, a worker on The Alaka Railroad. Prior to the settlement, the only inhabitants of the Cantwell area were nomadic Athabaskan Native Alaskans who hunted and fished. In their language they named Cantwell Yede'teni'na The town began as a flag stop on the Alaska Railroad. Oley Nicklie, a Native Alaskan, sought work with the railroad after fur prices dropped. He and his two brothers then founded the settlement. Cantwell is 20 miles away from a giant abandoned igloo hotel. Cantwell is located at 63°23′17″N 148°54′1″W / 63.38806°N 148.90028°W / 63.38806; -148.90028 (63.388000, -148.900204). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 118.7 square miles (307.5 km²), of which, 118.3 square miles (306.3 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) of it (0.40%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• Denali Borough
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 307.431588697 km squared

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