Information About

Canwell Glacier

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Canwell Glacier on The Map

Location

63 ° 20' 4.999" N,
145 ° 32' 56" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Length

13 mi (20.92 km)

Elevation

3822 ft (1164.95 m)

Canwell Glacier in Detail.

About

heads near Icefall Peak, trends NE to its 1934 terminus at head of Miller Creek, 24 mi. NW of Paxson, Alaska Range. 13 miles long.

History

Named in 1898 by Captain E. F. Glenn, USA, for a member of his party, "Private Canwell of the hospital corps."

Canwell Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Canwell Glacier.

Topo Maps

Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes B-4 (1952), Mt. Hayes B-4 (1954), Mt. Hayes B-4 (1954), Mt. Hayes B-4 (1954), Mount Hayes B-4 (1954), Mount Hayes B-4 (1954), Mount Hayes B-4 (1954), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes B-4 SE (2016),
Places Near Canwell Glacier
Glaciers:

Broken Glacier, Canwell Glacier, Castner Glacier, College Glacier, Eel Glacier, Fels Glacier, Gabriel Icefall, Gulkana Glacier, McCallum Glacier, Moore Icefall, Pegmatite Glacier, Riley Creek Glacier, West Gulkana Glacier,

Lakes:

Crystal Lakes, Dude Lake, Fielding Lake, Oxbow Lake, Two Bit Lake,

Mine:

Miller Mine,

Mountains:

Black Cap, Cony Mountain, Devils Thumb, The Hoodoos, Icefall Peak, Institute Peak, M-Ladies Mountain, Minya Peak, Ogive Mountain, Old Snowy, Rainbow Mountain, Sight Peak, Mount Silvertip, Skull Peak, Snow White, Traingle Peak, White Princess,

Mountain Passes:

Isabel Pass,

Ridges:

Rainbow Ridge,

Streams:

Ann Creek, Castner Creek, College Creek, Gunn Creek, Lower Miller Creek, McCallum Creek, Miller Creek, Phelan Creek, West Phelan Creek,

Routes:

Gulkana Glacier Trail, Trans-Alaska Trail - Paxson to Summit Lake, Trans-Alaska Trail - Summit Lake to Black Rapids,