Mainstay Lake

Mainstay Lake
Mainstay Lake
	Mainstay Lake Mainstay Lake
Location	South America
Coordinates	7.233333°N 58.53333°W
Basin countries	Guyana
Max. length	193 mi (311 km)
Max. width	53 mi (85 km)
Surface area	7,540 sq mi (19,500 km2)
Average depth	283 ft (86 m)

Mainstay Lake is a lake in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, near the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 12 miles (19 km) north of Adventure. There is a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake.

Economic activity

A resort has been built next to the lake, a seven miles from the region’s administrative hub at Anna Regina, or through the resort on a twenty-minute flight from Georgetown to the resort’s airstrip.[1] Mainstay Lake Resort hosts an annual regatta as well as a regular Easter Car and Bike Show.[1]

A pineapple processing facility was established in Mainstay/Whyaka in 2002, an initiative of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) and Amazon Caribbean Ltd (AMCAR).[2]

Settlement

Whyak is a thirteen square-mile Amerindian community[3] of mostly Arawak people. Arawaks were the first to inhabit the Mainstay area who called it ‘Quacabuka’ meaning ‘in-between'.[2] The village has a population of 576[4] and features a primary school (once known as St. Vincent Anglican School) and a nursery school, a health centre, a community centre, a ballfield, a chicken farm, a pine factory, a heritage park.[2] Secondary schooling is done in Anna Regina or Cotton Field.[2] The toshao is Milton Fredericks.[5] The location coordinates of the Mainstay Village are 07'15'N058'32'W.[6]

References

"Paltry tourism investment, marketing leaves Mainstay's potential unrealized". Stabroek News. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
"Lake Mainstay". Stabroek News. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
"Indigenous Villages | Ministry of Amerindian Affairs". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
"Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
"Cotton Field, Mainstay Lake get new nursery schools". Stabroek News. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
Hollowell, Tom; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Funk, V.A.; Kelloff, Carol L. (2003). "Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1989 - 1991, Lynn J. Gillespie". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 44: 1–104. ISSN 0097-1618.

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[:0-1] "Paltry tourism investment, marketing leaves Mainstay's potential unrealized". Stabroek News. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[:1-2] "Lake Mainstay". Stabroek News. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[3] "Indigenous Villages | Ministry of Amerindian Affairs". Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[4] "Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana". Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[5] "Cotton Field, Mainstay Lake get new nursery schools". Stabroek News. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

[6] Hollowell, Tom; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Funk, V.A.; Kelloff, Carol L. (2003). "Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1989 - 1991, Lynn J. Gillespie". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 44: 1–104. ISSN 0097-1618.