Cantwell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 200.
Town of Cantwell, Alaska. Tracks for the Alaska Railroad run through the foreground.
Abandoned Igloo City hotel in Cantwell.
The Denali Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census the population of the borough was 1,619, down from 1,826 in 2010. The borough seat and most populated community is Healy, and its only incorporated place is Anderson. The borough was incorporated in December 1990.
Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name.
Dave Talerico represented the Denali Borough and surrounding regions in the 29th, 30th, and 31st Legislature's of the Alaska House of Representatives. Talerico took office in 2015, becoming the first Denali Borough resident to serve in the Alaska Legislature since 1993. Prior to that, he was the borough's longest-serving mayor, from 2002 until resigning in 2012 to take a staff position in the legislature.