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Off-road to Misión San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mission San Luis Gonzaga was a Jesuit mission was founded on July 14, 1737 among the Guaycura on the Magdalena Plains of central Baja California Sur, Mexico. San Luis Gonzaga is one of the surviving stone mission churches and was the last mission founded in Baja California Sur
This location was established years earlier as a visita (satellite chapel) of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, in 1721.
The site was elevated to mission status by Lambert Hostell in 1737. One of Hostell's successors was Johann Jakob Baegert, who served from 1751 until the Jesuits were expelled and the mission was closed in 1768. Baegert is notable for his detailed but acerbic account of his experiences in Baja California. He oversaw the construction of stone and adobe brick structures that still survive at the site.
The drive from Hwy 1 Km. 195, about eight miles south of Ciudad Constitución. The 22-mile graded road is an easy drive for any SUV or truck. Twelve miles from the highway is the only fork; a right turn is the correct road.
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