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Originally designated as an annex to Los Alerces National Park, the bio-diverse Lago Puelo was declared an independent national park in 1971. Located in northwestern Chubut Province, it protects a mountainous landscape of Patagonian forest and steppe, high Andes and Valdivian rainforest including the striking glacial lake from which it derives its name and which can be seen on Argentina tours when you travel Patagonia. The 68,400-acre park is home to red fox, puma and the otter-like coipo as well as a large concentration of the endangered huemul and puda. The area's first inhabitants were Mapuches. Some indigenous people still live within the park.
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