Quellon

Quellón lies on the southern shore of the great island of Chiloé, facing a maze of channels and islands. The wooded, rainy coast offered access to the sea as well as the cultivated lands of the island. Before Spanish colonisation, Chiloé was inhabited by communities whose livelihoods combined farming and fishing. Canoes and coastal navigation connected settlements across the archipelago, where the sea was an essential route through a landscape divided by water.