Country United States Time zone Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) Local time Wednesday 4:25 PM | State Alaska GNIS feature ID 1413351 | |
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Weather -19°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 66% Humidity Borough Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska | ||
Kiwalik (sometimes written Keewalik) is an unincorporated community in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located where the Kiwalik River flows into Kotzebue Sound on the Seward Peninsula, 97 km (60 mi) south of Kotzebue.
Map of Kiwalik, Alaska, USA
Kiwalik was once a small community that supported mining operations at Candle, 7 miles away on the Kiwalik River, by Candle Creek. It is now used only by subsistence hunters and travelers who stop to use the public shelter cabin on the public road (Kiwalik-Candle route) to access the graveyard, which is surrounded by private property. The community is now abandoned and dilapidated, filled with rusty hulks, trash and broken down buildings.
References
Kiwalik, Alaska Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA