Editing Tobago (section)

== In art ==

=== ''Robinson Crusoe'' ===
Tobago roughly matches the size and location of the island in ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'',<ref>Rhead, Louis. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/08/12/102131943.pdf LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Tobago Robinson Crusoe's Island"], ''The New York Times'', 5 August 1899.</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080706142926/http://www.islandguide.biz/caribbean/tobago-robinson-crusoe.htm "Robinson Crusoe and Tobago"]}}, ''Island Guide''</ref> described as being located close to Trinidad and the mouth of [[Orinoco]]. However, the book is generally thought to be based on the experiences of [[Alexander Selkirk]], who was marooned in the Pacific's [[Juan Fernández Islands]], on [[Robinson Crusoe Island|the island later named after Robinson Crusoe]]. On Tobago, there is [[Crusoe Cave]].

===''Swiss Family Robinson''===
{{See also|Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)}}
In 1958, Tobago was chosen by the [[Walt Disney Company]] as the setting for a film based upon the [[Johann Wyss]] novel ''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)|Swiss Family Robinson]]''. When producers saw the island for the first time, they "fell instantly in love".<ref name="TCM1">{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/203349 |last=Passafiume |first=Andrea |title=SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960) |work=Turner Classic Movies |access-date= 9 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Maltin|first=Leonard |year=1995 |title=The Disney Films : 3rd Edition |publisher=[[Hachette Books|Hyperion Books]] |location=New York. |isbn=0-7868-8137-2 |page=176}}</ref> The script required animals, which were brought from all around the world, including eight dogs, two giant tortoises, forty monkeys, two elephants, six ostriches, four zebras, one hundred flamingos, six hyenas, two anacondas, and one tiger.<ref name=TCM1/>

Filming locations include Richmond Bay (the Robinsons beach), Mount Irvine Bay (the Pirates beach), and the Craig Hall Waterfalls. The treehouse was constructed in a 200-foot tall saman in the Goldsborough Bay area. After filming, locals convinced Disney, who had intended to remove all evidence of filmmaking, to let the treehouse remain, without interior furnishing. In 1960, the treehouse was listed for sale for $9,000, a fraction of its original cost, and became a popular attraction before the structure was destroyed by Hurricane Flora in 1963.<ref name="kkidney1">{{cite web |url=http://miehana.blogspot.com/2010/03/some-really-really-big-roots.html |title=Some Really, Really Big Roots |work=Kevin Kidney |date=27 March 2010 |access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref> The tree still remains, however, and is located on the property of the Roberts Auto Service and Tyre Shop, located in Goldsborough, just off of Windward Road. A local Tobago resident says, "The tree has fallen into obscurity; only a few of the older people knew of its significance. As a matter of fact, not many people know of the film ''Swiss Family Robinson'', much less that it was filmed here in Tobago."<ref name="kkidney2">{{cite web | url=http://miehana.blogspot.com/2010/10/swiss-family-tree-found.html |title=Swiss Family Tree Found |work=Kevin Kidney |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=2015-01-06}}</ref>