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Chacachacare rich with history
ANJANI GANASE looks at one of TT’s tiny islands,
Chacachacare
The most westerly and possibly the farthest isle away from Tobago in the same country is Chacachacare. It lies in the Bocas, the body of water that separates the northwest peninsula of Trinidad from Venezuela.
This island is a reflection of our human history from colonisation, slavery, revolutions, agriculture, war and disease.
Today, Chacachacare is visited by boaters and hikers who take the half-hour trek west to the island to swim in calm sheltered bays and wander the overgrown roads that lead to the lighthouse in the north, and to the famous salt pond in the south, on paths that have been trodden for hundreds of years.