The coastal villages on Isla Grande, Chiloe, Chile, scratch out a living from fishing and traditional wooden boat-building.

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Chiloe, the archipelago to the south of Chile's lake district, is a largely rural backwater. Although large scale salmon farming has brought new prosperity to its largest island, Isla Grande, the small coastal villages still scratch out a living from fishing and from building wooden boats by traditional methods. This is a fishing boat in the village of San Juan, which also has many of the wooden houses and a wooden church typical of the island.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: San Juan, Isla Grande, Chiloe, Chile
Photo credit: © Richard Slater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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