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There are no car accidents in Caleta Tortel, a coastal village in Patagonia, located between the mouth of the Baker River the largest river in Chile and a small embayment of the Baker Channel. That is because there are no drivers in the settlement. No cars, either, and no roads. The surrounding geography is rugged, formed by a number of islands, fjords, channels and estuaries. The village was founded in 1955 to exploit the cypress timber that was abundant in the area.
Little wonder, then, that all the walkways connecting the houses in the community, are wooden. There are no conventional streets and the walkways give the village a distinctive look and unique culture. Caleta Tortel consists mainly of stilt houses (wooden too, of course) typical of Chilotan architecture, built along the coast for several kilometres. It was only ten or so years ago that the community was finally connected to the outside world by a road. |
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