page_title: Quemchi
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Quemchi / History / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Seaside Quemchi is a small town of northeastern Chiloe Island, Chile Français&#160;: Le bourg de Quemchi, sur la côte Nord-Est de l'île chilienne de Chiloé.
context_page_description: Quemchi is a Chilean town and commune in Los Lagos Region, located in the eastern shore of Chiloé Island. It acquired certain celebrity because the famous Chilean writer Francisco Coloane was born nearby the town.
  The town is served by Quemchi Airport.
context_section_description: Compañía de Electricidad was formed in Quemchi in 1925 by Don Vicente Lobos T. and Don Antonio Scholbach and supplied the port with electric power.
  The timber company Pi-Castolpi was founded in 1940 when the Spaniard don Antonio Campani, bought a thousand hectares of virgin forest in the Ancud area. With employment a strong community emerged.
caption: Port of Quemchi
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