Pickersgill, Guyana

Pickersgill is a village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam of Guyana. It is located near the Pomeroon River.
The 2012 census has a population count of 105. Public healthcare is administered in adjacent towns, such as Charity or Suddie.
Pickersgill, originally a land-grant occupied by George Frederick Pickersgill, was called the 'Botany Bay of Demerary' for the 'incorrigible', 'gaol birds' harboured there. Commercial woodcutting was established in the area in 1834, when George Frederick Pickersgill, ex-Justice of the Peace for North-West District, and James Chapman operated a troolie 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.