Cronstadt Island

[1] It consists of limestone, because of it being the remnants of a reef.

In 1953, the entire western portion of the island (which comprises 8.75 acres) was leased to a mining company for the purpose of quarrying limestone, for a period of twenty-five years, with an option of renewal for a further term of twenty five years.

The eastern side (comprising 3 acres) was leased to John Pius Dowling, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain in 1922 and was later purchased by the Crown in 1946.

Today it is partially used for the processing of barytes for the oil industry and it is a wild life, despite its very limited vegetation, because of the Mining activities.

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