Canje River
The Canje River, located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast in East Berbice-Corentyne, region 6.
The settlement of Baracara is on the Canje. It was settled by escaped slaves in the 1800s, and the river is still an important mode of transportation.
History
The Dutch established an outpost, Concordia Post, on the river. In 1763 a slave revolt began on two plantations on the Canje River.Economics
The Canje River supplies water to the Guyana Sugar Corporation's Skeldon Estate ; Albion Estate ; and Rose Hall Estate. The Manarabisi Rice Cultivation and Black Bush Polder also depend on this river.In addition to agriculture, the land of the Canje basin has been of some interest by international firms for production of biofuel.