Île-à-Vache relocation. Île-à-Vache Île-à-Vache, (French, also expressed Île-à-Vaches, former Spanish name Isla Vaca, all translate to Cow Island) is a Caribbean island, one of Haiti's satellite islands. It lies in the Baie de Cayes about off the coast of the country's southwest peninsula, roughly between the town of Les Cayes and Pointe l'Abacou. It was formerly known by the name of Abacca. Administratively, it became a commune in 1976 as part of the Les Cayes Arrondissement in the Sud department. Île-à-Vache was claimed by the Spanish Empire in 1492 as part of Hispaniola, and for the next two centuries it was
Île-à-Vache decades in the village of Madame Bernard. The Haitian government has announced plans to begin an international touristic destination project on the island of Île-à-Vache. The government’s projects on the island has launched with plans for 1,000 luxury hotel rooms, an archaeology museum, nightclubs, art galleries and craft boutiques. Since its commencement in 2013 to its projected completion in late 2015, this makes Île-à-Vache among the largest ongoing tourism projects in the Caribbean. The government has built a 2.6-kilometre runway with plans for an international airport. As of February 2014, the Haitian government has begun the process of expropriation and