Description
Canwell Glacier is located heads near Icefall Peak, trends NW to its 1934 terminus at head of Miller Creek, 24 mi. NW of Paxson, Alaska Range. 13 miles long. Description in Dictionary of Alaska Place Names is incorrect. Feature trends NW not NE
History
Named in 1898 by Captain E. F. Glenn, USA, for a member of his party, "Private Canwell of the hospital corps."