Abontjeman | |
|---|---|
Former settlement | |
  Abontjeman Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 4°53′35″N 54°57′29″W / 4.89306°N 54.95806°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Brokopondo |
| Resort | Sarakreek |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
Abontjeman is an abandoned settlement in Brokopondo District, Suriname.[1] It was located along the Sara Creek,[2] and used to be inhabited by maroons.[3] The village was flooded in 1964 after the construction of the Afobaka Dam.[4]
Abontjeman used to have a train station on the Lawa Railway.[5] In the 1920s, Elwyn Benjamin Fairweather, a bauxite entrepreneur from British Honduras, cleared a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long path from Abontjeman to the Marowijne River with the intention of building of road.[6][7] Fairweather's company ceased to exist in 1943.[8]
References
- ^ Abontjeman, Geographic Names Information System
- ^ Acta botanica Neerlandica: official publication of the Nederlandse Botanische Vereniging, Volume 21. Koninklijke Nederlandse Botanische Vereniging, North-Holland Pub. Co. 1972. p. 253.
- ^ Benjamins, Herman Daniël; Snelleman, Johannes (1917). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (in Dutch). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 709.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Sranan. Cultuur in Suriname". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Koloniale Spoorwegen Dienstregeling". De Surinamer via Delpher (in Dutch). 3 August 1911.
- ^ "De afbreek van de spoorweg door de wildernis". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 30 July 1929. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Mr. Fairweather's splendid plans for Surinam". Suriname. 24 March 1925. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Ph.A. Samson (1949). "Een mislukte poging". Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide (in Dutch). The Hague: M. Nijhoff: 21.
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