Lopinot, which was named after Charles Joseph Count de Loppinot [fr] (1738–1819) is located five and three quarters of a mile from Arouca.
He left France to serve time in the North American French colony of Acadie (which is today divided into the Canadian territories of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island).
After this stint, Loppinot petitioned the British Secretary of State for the Colonies to get compensation for property lost in Saint Domingue.
Thus, when the British annexed Trinidad in 1797, the Secretary of State for the Colonies gave Loppinot instructions to go to the island to receive a grant of land by the Governor, Thomas Picton.
Loppinot entered Trinidad in 1800 along with his wife, children and about one hundred slaves[1] but was disappointed to learn that Picton had not been informed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies and so no grant of land was made.
[4] The La Reconnaissance estate had remained virtually unchanged until the Government decided to build a dam at the nearby Caura Village.
The village was taken over by the government and in order to protect the water supply, in 1943 and 1944, all the adjacent areas including La Reconnaissance were taken over.