Pickersgill, Guyana

Pickersgill is a village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) of Guyana. It is located near the Pomeroon River.

Pickersgill
Village
Pickersgill
Coordinates: 7°15′22″N 58°43′21″W
Country Guyana
RegionPomeroon-Supenaam
Population
 (2015)
 • Total105
This page is about the village in Guyana. For people with this name, see Pickersgill.

The 2012 census has a population count of 105.[1] Public healthcare is administered in adjacent towns, such as Charity (district hospital) or Suddie (hospital).[2][3]

Commercial woodcutting was established in the area in 1834, when George Frederick Pickersgill, ex-Justice of the Peace for North-West District (predecessor to modern Regions 1 and 2), and James Chapman operated a troolie (Thatch palm) and woodcutting business at the confluence of the Pomeroon and its tributary, the Arapiaco. Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd. was a presence here, as well as in Pomeroon and Essquibo,[4] and up to the 1950s a large sawmill remained at Pickersgill.[5]

In 1887, due to Venezuelan encroachment on the British claim to Guiana, the Colonial Government installed police stations in the North Western district.[6][7]

The Pomeroon area is known for producing coconuts and other cash crops,[8] and Pickersgill has been of interest for agricultural improvement.[9]

References
  1. "Publications – Bureau of Statistics – Guyana". Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  2. "Pomeroon man regains consciousness three days after beating". Kaieteur News. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  3. "Ministry of Health - Region 2". www.health.gov.gy. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean. T. Skinner. 1952.
  5. "Remembering the river-masters". Stabroek News. 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  6. Villiers, J. A. J. de (2018-05-08). Storm van 's Gravesande, The Rise of British Guiana, Compiled from His Despatches: Volume I. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-04974-6.
  7. Venezuela (1897). Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British Guyana: Submitted to the Boundary Commission. McGill & Wallace.
  8. "Nile Cozier NDC assessing needs of Pomeroon Farmers". Kaieteur News. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  9. "Addressing community issues… : Baksh concludes Pomeroon River four-day outreach". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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