CHACACHACARE Interactive Map
Chacachacare covers an area of about 900 acres .
Vegetation
XEROPHYTIC -Salt-fish Wood, Sugar Apple, Silk Cotton, Cactus, Naked Indian,
Chacachacare has a salt pond, this large body of water is separated from the sea by in thin strip of land. It also has a Light-house that was once recorded the as the oldest light house in the western hemisphere.
Chacachacare is a historical Gem, as far back as the Amerindians, the lighthouse 1896,a whaling station, a leprosarium in 1924,a invasion of venzuela, and more.
Chacachacare once housed a leprosarium in 1924. At its inception there were 500 patients. Dr. Walter Ferdinand Van Crossen was in charge of the Clinc. The institute was located at Coco and Sanders Bays.
Chacachacare History
