Mainstay Lake | |
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Location | South America |
Coordinates | 07°13′59″N 58°32′19″W / 7.23306°N 58.53861°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 mi (19 km) north of Adventure. There is a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake.
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. Mainstay Lake Resort hosts an annual regatta as well as a regular Easter Car and Bike Show. [1] The resort was closed for seven months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3]
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). [4] Due to declining pineapple farming in the area, AMCAR closed the facility in 2014; [5] there were talks of reopening in 2019. [6]
Whyaka or Whyak is a thirteen square-mile Amerindian community [7] of mostly Arawak people. Arawaks were the first to inhabit the Mainstay area who called it ‘Quacabuka’ meaning ‘in-between'. [4] The village has a population of 576 [8] 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. [4] Secondary schooling is done in Anna Regina or Cotton Field. [4] The toshao is Milton Fredericks. [9] The location of the Mainstay Village is 07°14′09″N 58°32′25″W / 7.23583°N 58.54028°W. [10]
Mainstay Lake | |
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Location | South America |
Coordinates | 07°13′59″N 58°32′19″W / 7.23306°N 58.53861°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 mi (19 km) north of Adventure. There is a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake.
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. Mainstay Lake Resort hosts an annual regatta as well as a regular Easter Car and Bike Show. [1] The resort was closed for seven months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3]
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). [4] Due to declining pineapple farming in the area, AMCAR closed the facility in 2014; [5] there were talks of reopening in 2019. [6]
Whyaka or Whyak is a thirteen square-mile Amerindian community [7] of mostly Arawak people. Arawaks were the first to inhabit the Mainstay area who called it ‘Quacabuka’ meaning ‘in-between'. [4] The village has a population of 576 [8] 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. [4] Secondary schooling is done in Anna Regina or Cotton Field. [4] The toshao is Milton Fredericks. [9] The location of the Mainstay Village is 07°14′09″N 58°32′25″W / 7.23583°N 58.54028°W. [10]