Welcome to LAGO PUELO

I´m beggining to let you know my place in the world: LAGO PUELO in the Parallel 42º Andean Shire, very near to the border with Chile. It´s located in a green valley al the foot of the Andean mountains but only at 170 meters above sea level. The "MAPUCHE" people, the first inhabitants gave the area the name of  PUELCO, that it means "eastern waters" (Puelo is a deformation word of Puelco). 



Welcome to Lago Puelo

 

Streets of Lago Puelo



Library



In this part of Patagonia there´s a microclimate, the village is surrounded by hills that keep it sheltered from the winds, so the winters are no so rude, snows a little but rains a lot. In the summer the warm and sunny days allow tourist to walk through the various circuits, practice rock climbing, fly-fishing or enjoy the beach of the lake.



Puelo Lake



Autumn in Lago Puelo



Autumn in Lago Puelo



The streets of the village are wide, the avenues have squares in the center and the sidewalks have also green areas. There is a trail that climbs the Currumahuida hill and that it shows the village from above. You can see that the buildings are low rise and the materials most used here are stones, bricks and wood from the area like the cypress wood. The roofs are of sheet metal and shops have their advertising signs made of wood too.

 

Lago Puelo from the Currumahuida Hill



Lago Puelo from the Currumahuida Hill

 

Restaurante near the main square



Streets of Lago Puelo



Typical building of Lago Puelo

 In the shield of the town, it can be observed the Cerro Tres Picos (Three Peaks hill), the Puelo Lake and a cypress, typical tree of this region. To the right is a branch of Rosehip and to the left a branch of hops, representing the agriculture. At the bottom it´s a hazel tree, only found in Puelo. At the top is a rising sun symbolizing the strenght and the future of the young town (Municipalidad de Lago Puelo).

(Municipalidad de Lago Puelo)


But the most beautiful place here is the Lago Puelo National Park, that we are going to know in another post...