Map Pontchratrain Basin Isle of Orleans 1880

Île d'Orléans (

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for "Isle of Orleans") was the historic name for the

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area, in present-day

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In 1762,

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, anticipating that

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would take

at the end of the

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, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau transferred to

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all of Louisiana west of the

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, as well as a newly-defined area east of the Mississippi which included

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, called the Isle of Orleans. As the French had expected, in the

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the British took all of

east of the Mississippi, except for the Isle of Orleans, and incorporated it into their colony of

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, with the

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. Spanish possession of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, and of the Isle of Orleans, was also confirmed in the Treaty of Paris. The Isle of Orleans was bounded by the

, the

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, Lakes Pontchartrain and

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as well as

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, previously known as Iberville River, and the

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. The Isle of Orleans was included in the 1803

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. It formed the southern border of the short-lived

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, a few years later.

References

* Leroy E. Willie, ''The West Florida Revolution Controversy: 1810,'' self-published, 2007 (available from the Louisiana chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution) * * Stanley Clisby Arthur, ''The Story of the West Florida Revolution,'' Claitor's Publishing * Samuel C. Hyde, ''Consolidating the Revolution: Factionalism and Finesse in the West Florida Revolt, 1810'' Louisiana History, Summer 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ile D'orleans, Louisiana French-American culture in Louisiana Pre-statehood history of Louisiana History of New Orleans