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History
Caledonia lies at the center of North Queens district and is the home of North Queens Community School (Pre-Primary, Primary through Grade 12). Mi'kmaw, an Indigenous people, are original inhabitants of the area and own the Wildcat Reserve east of Caledonia. The first documented white settler was William Burke who in 1799 built a cabin and cleared land for a farm at present-day South Brookfield.
Farming and lumbering became the primary industries during the 19th and 20th centuries. The discovery of gold in 1884 briefly supported a mining industry. Because of the area’s relative remoteness and natural beauty, hunting and fishing remain popular activities for both locals and visitors. Land west of Caledonia around Kejimkujik Lake was designated as a National Park in 1969 and then a National Historical Site in 1995 for its cultural record of at least 4,000 years of Mi'kmaw occupancy.
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Caledonia lies in the interior of the Nova Scotia peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Bay of Fundy on the west. The flat terrain and abundant lakes were created by glaciers that last covered this land about 12,000 years ago.
Following a fire in 2006, North Queens Rural High School and North Queens Elementary School were restructured into one school named North Queens Community School.
The school district, about 15 miles in radius from its center in Caledonia, borders Lunenburg County on the northeast and Annapolis County on the northwest. The area to the southwest is largely uninhabited. Route 8 bisects North Queens, connecting the towns of Liverpool in Queens County and Annapolis Royal in Annapolis County.
The physical center of Caledonia is the junction of Route 8 and Hibernia Road.
The new post office opened in 2016. It serves all of North Queens.