The Orleane is a creek in the district of Commewijne in Suriname. The creek originates according to Van der Aa on the Montpellier plantation, but in reality it is beyond the Pottendorf plantation. The Oreleane originates in the Commewijn River between the Tyronne and Beekenhorst plantations. The name is probably derived from the Orlean tree that supplies the dye anatto. The name of this tree comes from the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana. The creek is also called the Hoer Helenakreek. Probably this is a blast of Orleane. Palgrave gives another statement: On the bank of this creek flourished in days gone by the still famous Helena, a mulatto syren, whose dusky charms are said to have rivalled in their mischievous effects if not in other respects those of her Grecian namesake.
Van der Aa disagrees: It is nevertheless possible to think that a comfortable woman would have given permission in the time to the name of the creek.
On the Labadists map, the creek is called the Peers Creek.
The orchards at the Orleanekreek were issued from 1744. It was a governmental settlement on which candidates could sign up. The planting consisted of small and narrow plots of each 100 acres, with a width of 10 chains, too small for a normal production plantation. That was not the intention; The idea was to grow up, because a lack of cost was a frequent recurring problem in the colony. The divorce was also intended to give the "little man" a chance in the plantation. After all, for the construction of a cost base, much capital was not needed. However, the intention failed; Within a few years most lots were merged into medium-sized plantations.
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