Cantwell, Alaska

• Troopers rescue 'Into the Wild' travelers
  

  The travelers, ages 16 and 17, were cold and wet but did not require medical attention.

• Public safety report - July 9
  

  The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials.

• Public safety report - July 9
  

  The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials.

• Summit tackles energy, environment
  

  Two hundred women executives and managers gathered in Anchorage June 4 and 5 to tackle some of the nation's knottiest problems involving energy and the environment.

• Murkowski, Cantwell see hike in oil taxes, inspections
  

  U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Maria Cantwell said they expect swift Congressional action resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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 the western terminus of the Denali Highway. Cantwell is named after Jim Cantwell, a worker on The Alaska Railroad. Prior to the settlement, the only inhabitants of the Cantwell area were nomadic Athabascan 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 served as a filming location for the 2007 movie Into The Wild. 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

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• Denali Borough
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 307.431588697 km squared

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