Pickersgill is a village in thePomeroon-Supenaam (Region 2) ofGuyana. It is located near thePomeroon River.
Pickersgill | |
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Village | |
  Pickersgill | |
| Coordinates:7°15′22″N58°43′21″W / 7.25611°N 58.72250°W /7.25611; -58.72250 | |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Region | Pomeroon-Supenaam |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 105 |
The 2012 census has a population count of 105.[1] Public healthcare is administered in adjacent towns, such asCharity (district hospital) orSuddie (hospital).[2][3]
Pickersgill, originally a land-grant occupied by George Frederick (G.F) Pickersgill, was called the 'Botany Bay of Demerary' for the 'incorrigible', 'gaol birds' harboured there.[4] 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.[5] Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd. was a presence here, as well as in Pomeroon and Essquibo,[6] and up to the 1950s a large sawmill remained at Pickersgill.[7]
In 1887, due to Venezuelan encroachment on the British claim to Guiana, the Colonial Government installed police stations in the North Western district.[8][9]
The Pomeroon area is known for producing coconuts and other cash crops,[10] and Pickersgill has been of interest for agricultural improvement.[11]
