Source: Adapted from Gazetteer of Guyana, Published by Lands and Surveys Department and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Georgetown, 2001)
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PLACE NAMES ALONG GUYANA’S ROADS (Source: Adapted from Gazetteer of Guyana, published by Lands and Surveys Department and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Georgetown, 2001) 1. ESSEQUIBO COAST ROAD Northwards from Supenaam River Place Name Kilometres Miles Supenaam River 0 0 Good Hope 1 0.6 Spring Garden 2.5 1.6 Good Intent 3.5 2.2 Aurora 4 2.5 Makeshift 5.5 3.4 Warousi 6 3.7 Three Friends 6.5 4 Dryshore 6.6 4 Hibernia 7 4.4 Fairfield 8 5 Vilvoorden 9 5.6 Middlesex 10 6.2 Huis T’Dieren 10.5 6.5 Pomona 11.5 7.1 Ituribisi River 12 7.5 Riverstown 12.5 7.8 Adventure 14.5 9 Onderneeming 16.5 10.3 Belfield 18 11.2 Maria’s Lodge 18 11.2 Johanna Cecelia 19 11.8 Zorg 20 12.4 Golden Fleece 21 13 Perserverance 22 13.7 Wastelands 22.5 14 Bremen 23 14.3 Cullen 23.5 14.6 Unu River 24 14.9 Abram’s Zuil 24 14.9 Annandale 24 15.5 Zorg en Vlygt 25.5 15.8 Hoff van Aurich 26 16.2 L’Union 27 16.8 Degeraad 27.5 17.1 Queenstown 28 17.4 1 Mocha 28 17.4 Westfield 28.5 17.7 Alliance 29 18 Taymouth Manor 29.5 18.3 Affiance 30.5 18.9 Columbia 31 19.3 Aberdeen 31.5 19.6 Three Friends 32 19.9 Land of Plenty 32.5 20.2 Mainstay 33 20.5 Reliance 34 21.1 Bush Lot 34.5 21.4 Anna Regina 35.5 22.1 Henrietta 36.5 22.7 Richmond 37 23 La Belle Alliance 38 23.6 Lima 38.5 23.9 Coffee Grove 39.5 24.5 Danielstown 40 24.8 Fear Not 40 24.8 Sparta 40.5 25.2 Cape Batave 41 25.5 Windsor Castle 41 25.5 Hampton Court 42 26.1 Devonshire Castle 43.5 27 Walton Hall 44.5 27.6 Paradise 45 28 The Jib 46 28.6 Exmouth 46.5 28.9 Eliza 47 29.2 Dunkeld and Perth 48 29.8 Dartmouth 48.5 30.1 Westbury 49.5 30.7 Bounty Hall 50 31 Phillips 50.5 31.4 Chandler 51.5 32 Better Success 51.5 32 Andrews 51.5 32 Better Hope 52.5 32.6 La Resource 54 33.5 Maria’s Delight 55 34.2 Opposite 55.5 34.5 Evergreen 56.5 35.1 Somerset - Berks Canal 57 35.4 Berks 57 35.4 2 Somerset 57.5 35.7 Amazon 61 37.9 Charity 61 37.9 Charity Jetty 61.5 38.2 Pomeroon River 61.5 38.2 2. LEGUAN ISLAND (a) Southeast Coast Road – North-eastwards from Enterprise Place Name Kilometres Miles Enterprise 0 0 Blenheim 1 0.6 Endeavour 2.5 1.6 Amsterdam 3 1.9 Sand 3 1.9 Canefield 4 2.5 Okum 4.5 2.8 Retrieve 5 3.1 Elizabeth Anne 5.5 3.4 Cornelia 7 4.4 (b) South-westwards from Enterprise Place Name Kilometres Miles Enterprise 0 0 La Bagetelle 0.5 0.3 Belfield 1 0.6 Maryville 2 1.2 Bachelor’s Adventure or Waterloo 3 1.9 Wisselvalligheid 3.5 2.2 Success 4.5 2.8 Osterbeck 5 3.1 Anna Maria 5.5 3.4 De Witte Zwaan 6 3.7 Phoenix 6.5 4 Henrietta 7 4.4 Vrouw Anna 8 5 Goodman’s Freetown 9 5.6 (c) Northwest coast road North-westwards from Enterprise via Cross Road Place Name Kilometres Miles Enterprise 0 0 Doornhag 4 2.8 3 Kingston 5 3.1 Tewkesbury 5 3.1 Chateau Truro or Cheltenham 5.5 3.4 Richmond Hill 6 3.7 Good Intent 6.5 4 Clairmont 6.5 4 Uniform 7 4.4 Pleasing Hope 7.5 4.7 Cane Garden 8.5 5.3 Doctor Fly 10 6.2 (d) Cross Road – North-westwards from Enterprise Southwest Side Place Name Kilometres Miles La Bagatelle 1 0.6 Vertrouwen 3 1.9 3. WAKENAAM ISLAND (a) - Northwest coast North-eastwards from Good Success Place Name Kilometres Miles Good Success jetty 0 0 Good Success 0.5 0.3 Sans Souci 1 0.6 Regent Cross Road 1 0.6 Belle Plaine 1.5 0.9 Sarah 3 1.9 Friendship 4 2.5 Bank Hall 6 3.7 Free and Easy 6.5 4 Victoria Cross Road 6.5 4 Meerzorg 7 4.4 Caledonia 7.5 4.7 Zeelandia 9 5.6 (b) Southeast coast road South-westwards from Good Success via Regent Cross Road Place Name Kilometres Miles Good Success jetty 0 0 Noitgedacht 4 2.5 Maria Johanna 5 3.1 Rushbrook 6 3.7 4 Palmyra 7.5 4.7 Ridge 9 5.6 Concordia 11 6.8 (c) North-eastwards from Good Success via Regent Cross Road Place Name Kilometres Miles Good Success jetty 0 0 Arthurville 4.5 2.8 New Belle Plaine 5.5 3.4 Fredericksburg 6 3.7 Domburg 6 3.7 Marionville 7 4.4 Bendorf 7.5 4.7 Amersfoort 8 5 Maria’s Pleasure 9 5.6 Meerzorg 9.5 5.9 Caledonia 10.5 6.5 Moorfarm 12 7.5 4. WEST COAST DEMERARA From Vreed-en-Hoop Place Name Kilometres Miles Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station 0 0 Vreed-en-Hoop 1 0.6 The Best 1 0.6 Nouvelle Flanders 3 1.9 Union 4 2.5 Rotterdam 5 3.1 Harlem 5.5 3.4 Mary 5.5 3.4 Waller’s Delight 6.5 4 Ruimzigt 7 4.4 Windsor Forest 8 5 La Jalousie 9 5.6 Blankenburg 10 6.2 Den Amstel 10.5 6.5 Fellowship 11 6.8 Hague 12 7.5 Cornelia Ida 13 8.1 Anna Catherina 13.5 8.4 Edinburgh 14 8.7 Groenveldt 14.5 9 Leonora 15.5 9.6 5 Parafield, Leonora 15.5 9.6 Stewartville 16.5 10.3 Uitvlugt 17.5 10.9 Ocean View 17.5 10.9 Zeeburg 18.5 11.5 De Willem 18.5 11.5 Met-en- Meer-Zorg 19.5 12.1 De Kinderen 20.5 12.7 Boarasirie River 21 13 5. RIGHT BANK ESSEQUIBO RIVER From Vreed-en-Hoop, left bank Demerara River Place Name Kilometres Miles Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station 0 0 Boerasirie River 21 13 Zeelugt 21.5 13.4 Tuschen de Vrienden 22.5 14 Vergenoegen 24 14.9 Philadelphia 24.5 15.2 Barnwell 25 15.5 Greenwich Park 26 16.2 Good Hope 26.5 16.5 Ruby 27 16.8 Farm 27 16.8 Le Destin 27.5 17.1 Organgestein 29 18 Bushy Park 30.5 18.9 Hydronie 30.5 18.9 Parika jetty 31 19.3 Parika 32 19.9 Parika Creek 32.5 20.2 Hyde Park 33.5 20.8 Grove 33.5 20.8 Look Out 34 21.1 Naamryck 34.5 21.4 Salem 35 21.7 Mora 35.5 22.1 Sparta 35.5 22.1 Bortenstein 36 22.4 Roden Rust 36 22.4 Blake 36 22.4 Twee Gebroeders 36.5 22.7 Kakatiri or Johanna Cornelia 36.5 22.7 Kakatiri Creek 36.5 22.7 6 Unity 36.5 22.7 Hubu 37 23 Hubu Creek 37.5 23.3 Saint Lawrence or Big Sands 37.5 23.3 Present Hope or Sands 38 23.6 Lookabu 38 23.6 Naamless or Tosan 38.5 23.9 Larimakabra 38.5 23.9 Larimakabra Creek 38.5 23.9 Creole Creek 39 24.2 Bendorff 39 24.2 Maripa 40 24.8 Maripa Creek 40.5 25.2 Morasi 41 25.5 Morasi Creek 41 25.5 6. WEST BANK DEMERARA RIVER From Vreed-en-Hoop Place Name Kilometres Miles Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station 0 0 Vreed-en-Hoop 0.5 0.3 Klien Pouderoyen 1 0.6 Phoentz Town 1 0.6 Killarney 1 0.6 Saint Patrick’s 1 0.6 Phoenix Park 1 0.6 Shamrock Manor 1 0.6 Kashmir 1 0.6 Malgre Tout 2 1.2 Versailles 2 1.2 Goed Fortuin 3 1.9 Schoonord 3.5 2.2 Meer Zorgen 4 2.5 Joe Vieira Park 4 2.5 Demerara River Harbour Bridge 4 2.5 La Grange 5 3.1 Number One Canal 6 3.7 Mindenburg or Bagotville 6.5 4 Nismes 7.5 4.7 Toevlugt 8.5 5.3 La Retraite 10 6.2 Stanleytown 10.5 6.5 Number Two Canal 10.5 6.5 Belle Vue 11 6.8 7 Good Intent 12 7.5 De Gezusters or Sisters 13.5 8.4 Goedverwagting (Wales Estate) 14 8.7 De Jonge Rachael (Wales Estate) 14 8.7 Patientia 15 9.3 Vriesland 16 9.9 Laurentia Catherina 17 10.6 Vive la Force 18 11.2 Potosi 19 11.8 Free and Easy 20.5 12.7 Hermitage 21.5 13.4 Reynstein 22.5 14 Maria’s Lodge 23.5 14.6 Vreed en Stein 24.5 15.2 7. NUMBER ONE CANAL ROAD Left Bank Demerara River — From Vreed-en-Hoop (a) Northern Side Place Name Kilometres Miles Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station 0 0 La Parfaite Harmonie 8.5 5.3 Westminister 9 5.6 Onderneeming 9.5 5.9 Recht door Zee 9.5 5.9 Lust en Rust 10 6.2 Java 10.5 6.5 Uitkomst 11 6.8 De Kinderen 11.5 7.1 Mon Bijou 12 7.5 Two Brothers 12.5 7.8 Vrede en Vriendschap 13 8.1 Tenez Ferme 13.5 8.4 Orange Field 13.5 8.4 De Ridders Faith 14 8.7 Ostend 14.5 9 Endeavour 15 9.3 Soesdyke 16 9.9 Conservancy Canal 17 10.6 8.