Kcewite

Kcewite lies among the channels and islands of western Patagonia, near Picton Channel and the Madre de Dios archipelago. Kawésqar families travelled these waters by canoe, moving between islands to fish and gather shellfish. On Madre de Dios, paintings on rock walls preserve images made by people familiar with this intricate coast. Rain, steep wooded shores and sheltered inlets distinguish the archipelago from the grasslands east of the Andes.