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Native Village of Cantwell

About

Cantwell (Yidateni Na’[ in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Denali Borough, Alaska,  United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 219.]

Cantwell is the western terminus of the Denali Highway.  Once an Alaska Railroad flag stop at the junction with the Denali Highway, it was founded off the Parks Highway.


 Prior to the settlement, the only inhabitants of the Cantwell area were nomadic Tanana Indians and 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


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Additional Info

USGS Region : Alaska

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Rene Nicklie
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