Governor Light is a small community in the

Mahaica-Berbice Mahaica-Berbice (Region 5) is a region of Guyana, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, the region of Upper Demerara-Berbice to the south and the region of Demerara-Mahaica to the west. It c ...

Region of

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

. It stands on the coastal plain, at just one metre above sea-level, along the

Mahaicony River The Mahaicony River is a small river in northern Guyana that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Mahaicony village is found at the mouth of the river. Farming and cattle rearing are the predominant human use of the lower reaches of the river. Sea de ...

, approximately 14 kilometres upstream from its mouth. Governor Light is named after

Henry Light His Excellency Sir Henry Light, Order of the Bath, KCB, Esq., (1782/3, Kimberley House, Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain – 3 March 1870, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain and Ireland) ...

, the 3rd Governor of

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

References

Populated places in Mahaica-Berbice {{Guyana-geo-stub