Kiwalik is an unincorporated village

Unincorporated area

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 in the Northwest Arctic Borough

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Chamisso Wilderness* Bering Land Bridge National Preserve * Cape Krusenstern National Monument* Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It is located where the Kiwalik River

Kiwalik River

The Kiwalik River is a river found on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. The headwaters of the river originate in the eastern portion of the peninsula, around Granite Mountain. The river flows north to its mouth at Kiwalik Lagoon, Chukchi Sea...

 flows into Kotzebue Sound

Kotzebue Sound

Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and bounded the east by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is long and wide....

 on the Seward Peninsula

Seward Peninsula

The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle...

, 97 km (60.3 mi) south of Kotzebue

Kotzebue, Alaska

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile...

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Once a small community that supported mining operations at Candle, 7 miles away on the Kiwalik River, by Candle creek. 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, surrounded by private property. It is presently abandoned and dilapidated, filled with rusty hulks, trash and broken down buildings of no use or value. It is dangerous and unknown refuse is left there by the current land owner, who keeps it in this state.