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Queenstown is 171 years old

Sep 27, 2012 News

 

Queenstown, one the oldest Villages on the Essequibo Coast, celebrated its 171st anniversary on Tuesday with a series of activities to commemorate the occasion.
The Village was bought by ex-slaves in 1841 after other freed slaves would have purchased three plantations, namely, Mocha, Dagaraad and West Field.
Chairman of the Queenstown Development Association, Wendell Walcott, gave a brief history of the Village. He said that slaves, on East Coast Demerara, who bought both Queenstown and Victoria, sought to name Queenstown, Victoria,  initially, after the then Queen of England but they decided against the name, since Queenstown was the first individual Village and Victoria was the first Cooperative Village.
Renowned former counselor, Isahack Basir, who was among invitees told the attendants that Queenstown and Danielstown, were the first two villages that set the foundation of the establishment of the Essequibo Coast.
Basir, who said that Queenstown is geared for development, has also taken the opportunity to encourage the younger residents to preserve their village.
The PPP stalwart encouraged students to be an added value, while reminding that Queenstown once supplied food for communities along the Coast.

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