Legend has it that El Commandante that one day, walking at the edge of the Big Island of Oiselet, saw a bank at the end of the tip of the island. He then went to watch the river that separated the other side and reaches Grande Terre. He quickly around this small island of 8 km square and decided to settle there. He then discovered the existence of a Petite Terre of only 800 sq m and installed a monument for those who fought for the oppressed peoples of the world. Thereafter, he decided to visit all empty and unoccupied around the island of Oiselet islands and even went to Lake Lionne order to explore poor rocks does not exceed 70 m square.