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 / 7.25611°N 58.72250°W / 7.25611; -58.72250 | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Pomeroon-Supenaam |
| Population | |
| • Total | 105 |
The 2012 census has a population count of 105. Public healthcare is administered in adjacent towns, such as Charity (district hospital)/Suddie (hospital).
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, and up——to the 1950s a large sawmill remained at Pickersgill.
In 1887, due to Venezuelan encroachment on the British claim to Guiana, the Colonial Government installed police stations in the North Western district.
The Pomeroon area is known for producing coconuts and other cash crops, and Pickersgill has been of interest for agricultural improvement.
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- ^ Venezuela (1897). Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British Guyana: Submitted to the Boundary Commission. McGill & Wallace.
- ^ "Nile Cozier NDC assessing needs of Pomeroon Farmers". Kaieteur News. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Addressing community issues… : Baksh concludes Pomeroon River four-day outreach". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
