PLACE+MEMORY: CHACACHACARE
ABOUT CHACACHACARE
Chacachacare is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, located at 10° 41' north latitude and 61° 45' west longitude. The island is 3.642 km² (900 acres) in area. It is one of the Bocas Islands, which lie in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth) between Trinidad and Venezuela. Chacachacare is the westernmost of the Bocas Islands which belong to Trinidad and Tobago... It was originally named El Caracol (the Snail) by Christopher Columbus because of its shape. At various times in its history, Chacachacare has served as a cotton plantation, a whaling station and a leper colony.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
Chacachacare is an island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, located at 10° 41' north latitude and 61° 45' west longitude. The island is 3.642 km² (900 acres) in area. It is one of the Bocas Islands, which lie in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth) between Trinidad and Venezuela. Chacachacare is the westernmost of the Bocas Islands which belong to Trinidad and Tobago... It was originally named El Caracol (the Snail) by Christopher Columbus because of its shape. At various times in its history, Chacachacare has served as a cotton plantation, a whaling station and a leper colony.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
CHACACHACARE NEWS TIMELINE
ONLINE/ADDITIONAL SOURCES
- ANGLO - VENEZUELAN TREATY (ISLAND OF PATOS) BILL.
- Citizens for Conservation
- Coal miner to councillor - The legacy of Karoo Ojah-Maharaj...(broken link)
- Dossiê 43 - Leprosário da Ilha de Chacachacare, January 1939
- Dr Ernest Muir (doctor at Chacachacare 1940-43)
- Fresh Water & Marine Image Bank at University of Washington
- Chacachacare: Once Upon An Island
- Guide to Trinidad: A Handbook for the Use of Tourists and Visitors by JH Collens (full text/Chapter XXIV)
- Holiday on parole (Der Spiegel 19/1/1955)
- John Slavin's WWII Diary
- John Slavin's WWII Diary - 21 December 1944 (145th Coast Artillery Group, Chacachacare Cantonment, Trinidad, B. W. I.
- Presbyterian Historical Society (1946 Mission)
- Sisters of Mercy at Chacachacare, Trinidad, gave hope to victims of leprosy
- Sisters of Mercy of the union labor among lepers of Chacachacare, B.W.I. (source unavailable)
- Local artist's painting recalls war time
- The journey that is Chacachacare - part 1/3 A personal account by Hans E.A.Boos
- The journey that is Chacachacare - part 3/3 A personal account by Hans E.A.Boos
- The journey that is Chacachacare - part 3/3 A personal account by Hans E.A.Boos
- The Ruins of Chacachacare Island Part 1 by Joshua Lu Chee Kong
- The Ruins of Chacachacare Island Part 2 by Joshua Lu Chee Kong
- The Trinidad Province - The Dominican Sisters of the French Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena
- Western Isles of Trinidad Hardcover – July 1, 2011 by Anthony de Verteuil
- My Chutney garden by Sharon Millar
- Wikipedia Page