Mainstay Lake

Mainstay Lake is a lake in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, near the Atlantic coast, northwest of the mouth of the Essequibo River, 12 miles (19 km) north of Adventure. There is a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) stretch of white sand at the edge of the lake.

Mainstay Lake
Mainstay Lake
Mainstay Lake
LocationSouth America
Coordinates7.233333°N 58.53333°W / 7.233333; -58.53333
Basin countriesGuyana
Max. length193 mi (311 km)
Max. width53 mi (85 km)
Surface area7,540 sq mi (19,500 km2)
Average depth283 ft (86 m)

A resort has been built next to the lake, a forty-five-minute journey by car inland from Anna Regina, or through the resort on a twenty-minute flight from Georgetown to the resort’s airstrip.

Mainstay Lake hosts an annual regatta.

Whyaka is a thirteen square-mile Amerindian community where mostly Arawaks live. Arawaks were the first to inhabit the Mainstay area. They called it ‘Quacabuka’ meaning ‘in-between'.


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