page_title: Candle, Alaska
hierarchical_section_title: Candle, Alaska
caption_attribution_description: English: Caption on image: Candle City looking up Keewalik River. Sept. 30th 03. Nowell 116 Subjects (LCTGM): Cities &amp; towns--Alaska; Log cabins--Alaska--Candle; Tents--Alaska--Candle; Rivers--Alaska Subjects (LCSH): Candle (Alaska); Kiwalik River (Alaska)
context_page_description: Candle is an unincorporated community in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated on the west bank of the Kiwalik River at Candle Creek. It was founded around 1901 as a mining camp, named for the adjacent creek. The post office was established in 1902.
  Candle was the turnaround point for the first major mushing competition in 1908, the All Alaska Sweepstakes, which was started by John Skyles Beltz and Allan "Scotty" Alexander Allan, and ran 408 miles from Nome to Candle and back.
context_section_description: Candle is an unincorporated community in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated on the west bank of the Kiwalik River at Candle Creek. It was founded around 1901 as a mining camp, named for the adjacent creek. The post office was established in 1902.
  Candle was the turnaround point for the first major mushing competition in 1908, the All Alaska Sweepstakes, which was started by John Skyles Beltz and Allan "Scotty" Alexander Allan, and ran 408 miles (657 km) from Nome to Candle and back.
caption: Candle City, September 30, 1903
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