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1922-25 Baker Ranch: River Baker
 
The former million-acre Baker Ranch was founded in 1916. It was located in a remote, mountainous area of southern Aysén, in Chilean Patagonia. As a condition of this immense land concession, the Chilean Government required that farm production be exported through a port on the Pacific coast. In the absence of physical infrastructure, the ranch company was obliged to undertake various engineering works, including several bridges and a tunnel. Moreover, a high-powered launch was needed to handle the powerful currents experienced on the River Baker. These early photographs provide a first-hand view of works undertaken in the not-so-distant past, when this corner of Patagonia was truly a "last frontier".

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1. panorama2. near Tamango3. narrow channel
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4. near Old Colonia5. below Old Colonia6. burnt woodland
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7. halt8. tied boats9. company boats
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10. Baker estuary11. marine wharf12. bountiful huemul hunt

Thanks: Adrian Goodall (IV-2014) ; Album created: 10-I-2015 ; Updated: 17-I-2015