Caledonia Island is an island in the Republic of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

. It is one of "The Five Islands" group of six small islands lying west of

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in the

Gulf of Paria The Gulf of Paria ( ; ) is a shallow ( at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries by as little as at its narrowest and at its widest points. T ...

. It has an approximate area of just 1.9

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. A Scotsman who went by the name of Lieutenant Herbert Mackworth, the Marshall of Trinidad during the 1850s, was granted Caledonia and Craig Island. Both of the islands were purchased again by another Scotsman, named Caldwell, who named the larger island "Caledonia", where previously it was called "Mackworth's Island". Based on a painting made by Michel-Jean Cazabon, Caldwell had built a house on the island which was used later for the honeymoon of

George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris George Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris (14 August 1810 – 23 November 1872), was a British peer, Liberal politician and colonial administrator. He served as the Governor of Trinidad from 1846 to 1854 and Governor of Madras from 185 ...

and his wife Sara Cummins, on the April 16 1850. Refugees jews as well as some non-Europeans were fleeing persecution in Europe, during World War II to the island.

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