Ciriaco Álvarez was a businessman from

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, Chiloé who rose to prominence in the exploitation of ''

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'' ( es, ciprés de las Guaitecas) in the southern Chilean archipelagoes. His dominance of the industry led him being dubbed "The King of Pilgerodendron" ( es, El Rey del Ciprés). The chief export products of Álvarez were poles and

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stacks that went to northern Chile and

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. To make vine stacks smaller ''Pilgerodendron'' than usual were harvested. In 1880 Álvarez established a small shop at río Álvarez in the Patagonian mainland, between present-day

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and

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. Álvarez remained active in the industry until the 1920s. Álvarez industry had great effects on the incipient

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that came to link the archipelagoes of Chiloé,

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and Chonos.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Ciriaco Chilean businesspeople in timber People from Chiloé Province