To the south of the Gulf of Penas, in the Messier Channel, the Wellington, Serrano and Gueyeneco Islands are located. After crossing the canal called Angostura Inglesa, Wellington Island is reached; a small barren island that hides the small cove where Puerto Edén is located. This is a small bay surrounded by high mountains with abundant vegetation on the lower skirts. Puerto Edén has a meteorological station belonging to the Chilean Navy, a Salesian mission and a group of cabins where the modern day Kawésqar live.
In 1940, in the days of Chilean President Don Pedro Aguirre Cerda, a young Kawésqar of Puerto Edén, about ten years of age and very intelligent, was taken to Santiago to study in the Chilean Air Force Academy.
The idea was to civilise him and return him to his place of origin so that he might help with the progress of his community.
His was named Lautaro Edén Wellington. In 1947, Lautaro - godson of President Aguirre Cerda - returned to Puerto Edén on vacation as a mechanic sergeant major of aviation.