How many salt ponds were there on the island of st. maarten back in the days?

Question

back in the days on st maarten there used to be many salt ponds. I need to get an answer to that. Exactly how many salt ponds were there b4 it become one big salt pond?

Answer 1

I have read that there were three.

Answer 2

The three big ones

Great Salt Pond (Philipsburg)

Grand Case Salt Pond (St Martin)

Orient Salt Pond (St Martin)