Provincia de Chubut ARGENTINA

Important centres in the valley, such

as Trelew and Gaiman. Which is

connected by railway with

Puerto Madryn on bahia Nueva.

FOUNDATION

• The town was founded in 1865 by a group of colonists from Wales, assisted by the Argentine government.

By 1895 the inhabitants of this part of the territory, composed principally of Argentines,

Welsh and Italians, numbered 552,585.

IMPORTANT RIVERS AND AFFLUENTS AND LAKES.

PHOTO BELOW SHOWS THE RIVERS

Other rivers in this territory flow in the Pacific through breaches in the Cordillera

FUTALEUFÚ RIVER

PALENA AND RIO CISNES

CARRENLEUFU RIVER

LAKE GENERAL PAZ