Îlet Long is located in François. It was formerly called "Ilet Calonne" named after a former mayor (1944-1956) of the town, Isidore Calonne who had taken up residence for his second home. He then renamed "Îlet Long" due to its elongated shape.
It is located 5 km from the Marina of François but 825 meters offshore.
It rises to 20 meters above sea level. It is provided with thin sand coves with a total length of 130 meters. Îlet Long is occupied by a relict mangrove independent of the coast and circumscribed by more or less sharp cliffs. On a large part of the islet, vegetation cover is continuous and formed of herbaceous grassland.
However, the summit vegetation is very low and degraded.
The animal wildlife is abundant on this islet as sheep, anoles, small shrimp, soldiers, zagayas, touloulous krab te (land crabs), locusts, lice-wood, bed bugs are very common.
The avifauna is also abundant with Carib Grackle and black-tailed dove very represented here. One can also see in very many Tropical Mockingbirds which is nevertheless a rare species.
It is an islet that has a dozen houses. Two of them are uninhabitable, the others are more or less kept and made comfortable second homes or holiday homes than can be rented. Colonial and modern styles dominate.
Of course, it is possible to visit. Several service providers offer tours of islets such François as Îlet Oscar, Îlet Thierry and of course the Long islet.
It is an islet visited daily, especially during the tourist season. Its sandy cove in its southeastern tip is mostly frequented by boaters and tourists. This is also the preserve of many white Creoles or "Bekes". It hosts about a hundred people a day!
It is part of islets very degraded because of its highly degraded ecosystem in all its west and southwest as well as on coastal margins. These parties accuse very parched plants.
It is necessary to undertake as soon as possible reorganization of the vegetation through planting and mechanical protection of the soil. Regarding the avifauna, there should be a monitoring of these species because of this strength Tropical Mockingbirds, rare and exceptional species.