Caledonia (disambiguation)
Caledonia is an old name for Scotland.
Caledonia may also refer to:
- Caledonia, a Roman name of Celtic origin for most of the area that has become Scotland
- Caledonians, also known as Caledonii or Caledonia Confederacy, name given by historians to the Iron Age indigenous people of Scotland
Places
In Canada
- Caledonia, Ontario, several communities in Ontario, Canada
- Caledonia land dispute, also known as the Grand River land dispute
- Caledonia, Nova Scotia, village in Canada
- New Caledonia (Canada), former North American fur-trading district
- Caledonia, Prince Edward Island
- Caledonia No. 99, Saskatchewan, rural municipality
- Caledonia Junction, community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
- Caledonia Mills, community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County
- Caledonia Mountain, mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia
- Port Caledonia, community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
In the United States of America
- Caledonia, Illinois, village
- Caledonia, Kentucky
- Caledonia, Michigan, village
- Caledonia, Minnesota, city
- Caledonia, Mississippi, town
- Caledonia, Missouri, village
- Caledonia (village), New York
- Caledonia (town), New York
- Caledonia, Ohio, village
- Caledonia, Wisconsin, multiple locations
- Caledonia, Columbia County, Wisconsin, town
- Caledonia, Racine County, Wisconsin, village
- Caledonia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, town
- Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, town
- Caledonia Township, Michigan (disambiguation), multiple locations
- Caledonia Township, Minnesota
- Caledonia County, Vermont
- Caledonia State Park, Pennsylvania
- Caledonia Cascade, Georgia
Other geographical locations
- Caledonia, Belize
- Caledonia Island, island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- New Caledonia, a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that is an overseas territory of France
- Caledonian Forest, former woodland forest in the Highlands of Scotland
- Caledonian Ocean, archaic name for the north Atlantic Ocean
- Caledonian Canal, a canal in Scotland which connects the east and west coasts
- Caledonia, a short-lived Scottish colony established by the Darien scheme in what is now Panama in the late 1690s
Music
- Albums
- Caledonia (album), 1978 album by Alan Roberts and Dougie MacLean containing the title song "Caledonia"
- Caledonia (Shana Morrison album), a 1998 album by Shana Morrison
- Caledonia (Suidakra album), a 2006 album by Suidakra
- Songs
- "Caledonia" (song), a 1979 song by Dougie MacLean. Covered by Frankie Miller and many others
- "Caldonia" or "Caledonia", a 1945 song by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, covered by many others
- "Caledonia", a song by Cromagnon from their 1969 album Orgasm
- "Caledonia", a song by Robin Trower from his 1976 album Long Misty Days
- "Caledonia", a song by Amy MacDonald from her 2007 album This is The Life
Transport
Airlines
- British Caledonian, airline
- Caledonian Airways, Scottish airline formed in 1961
Railways
- Caledonian Railway, early 19th century Scottish railway
- Caledonian Railway (Brechin), private company by steam railway enthusiasts
- Caledonia, Manx Northern No. 4, later Isle of Man Railway No.15 Steam Locomotive, built in 1885
- Caledonian Sleeper, train service operated by ScotRail
Ships
- The Caledonia (brig), 1843
- USS Caledonia (1812), warship during the War of 1812
- USS Caledonia (AK-167), Alamosa class cargo ship, which served from 1945 until 1946
- Caledonian MacBrayne, ferry operator in Scotland
- Caledonian Star, (built in 1966), former name of the National Geographic Endeavour expedition ship
- The Caledonia (paddle steamer), early 19th century steam vessel
- MV Caledonia, Caledonian MacBrayne ferry
- HMS Caledonia, various ships and bases of the Royal Navy
- PS Caledonia (1934), a paddle steamer built in 1934, with final days as a floating pub in London until destroyed by fire in 1980
Schools
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Caledonia High School, public high school located in Caledonia, Minnesota
- Caledonia High School (Ontario), public high school located in Caledonia, Ontario
- Caledonia Junior High School (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
- Caledonia Senior Secondary School, senior secondary school (grades 10 through 12 inclusive) in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
- College of New Caledonia, college in British Columbia
Sports
- Caledonia AIA, soccer team from Trinidad and Tobago
- Caledonia F.C., also known as Caledonian F.C. or Caleys, former U.S. soccer team from Detroit, Michigan which had a short period of national prominence in the early 1920s
- Caledonia Corvairs, Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Caledonia, Ontario
- Caledonian Stadium in Inverness, Scotland
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., Scottish soccer team
- North Caledonian Football League, amateur league in the Scottish highlands
- Royal Caledonian Curling Club, governing body of curling in Scotland
Structures
- Caledonia Building, historic commercial building at 185-193 High Street in downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts.
- Caledonia Bridge (Caledonia, North Dakota)
- Caledonia Bridge, also known as Grand River Bridge (Ontario)
- Caledonia Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, dam on the Grand River constructed upstream from the Caledonia Bridge in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
- Caledonia Farm, also known as Fountain Hall, historic home located at Flint Hall, Rappahannock County, Virginia
- Caledonia House Hotel, also known as the Masonic Temple, historic hotel located at Caledonia in Livingston County, New York
- Caledonia Mill, historic mill building located in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
- Star of Caledonia, a proposed sculpture near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Other uses
- Tennent Caledonian Breweries, owner of Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow
- Caledonian Brewery, formed in 1869 in Edinburgh
- Caledonia Cascade, sometimes called Cascade Falls, 600-foot (180 m) waterfall located in Rabun County, Georgia, USA
- Caledonia Consulting, public affairs and communications firm in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Caledonia Investments, an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Caledonian orogeny, a mountain building event that occurred during the Palaeozoic Era
- Caledonia (typeface), a commonly used typeface
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