Provincia de Chubut ARGENTINA
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