Cantwell (Yidateni Na’[3] in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.

Prior to the western settlement of Cantwell, the only inhabitants of the area were nomadic Ahtna Athabaskans who subsisted off the land.

Oley Nicklie, a Native Alaskan, sought work with the railroad after fur prices dropped.

[4] Cantwell is 20 miles away from a giant abandoned igloo shaped hotel, which is not made out of ice.

[5] Cantwell served as a partial filming location for the Lure of the Yukon during the 1920s, and for the 2007 movie Into the Wild.

[7] Cantwell has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), having mild summers with crisp nights and long, severely cold, and very snowy winters.

None of the families and about 2.0% of the population were living below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older.

Cantwell School has multi-grade classrooms with individual learning targets for every student.