Lethem is named after Sir Gordon James Lethem, a Governor in British Guiana in the 1940s, who previously served as Governor in the Seychelles and Leeward Islands. Guyana was Sir Lethem's final post before his retirement in 1946. The town of Lethem lies on the Takatu River, which provides the border between Guyana and Brazil, and is well known as a hub between the two countries, as well as a central point for the villages and communities that exist in this "interior" part of Guyana. Many residents belong to the indigenous Macushi and Wapishiana Amerindian Tribes, and is the only Town close to the Rupununi Savannahs, a 5000 square mile area that contains virtually untouched grasslands, swamplands and rainforested mountains.
Note: This Cache was jointly hidden by lancelotkhan & IR11.
Sept. 2018: visited site and verified that cache is still there.