The earliest history of Chaguaramas dates back to Saladoid Amerindian occupation. Af­ter some 300 years of Spanish rule, the British took possession of Trinidad in 1797. The        Pe­ninsula's rich history includes a slave revolt in 1806, and seven years later. in 1813. the inva­sion of Venezuela from Chacachacare, an island off the Chaguaramas peninsula, led by Ven­ezuelan patriots.

 Because of its strategic, geographic lo­cation, the British Government leased Chaguaramas in 1941 to the U.S. Government for 99 years, for use as a naval base. By 1943 the Chaguaramas Naval Base was in full op­eration and at its peak during World War II, there were some 30,000 resident U.S. troops located in Chaguaramas.

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Trinidad and Tobago became an independent ­nation in 1962. After representations, the Us Government agreed to close the Naval Base and handed over the peninsula to the people of Trinidad and Tobago in 1967.