A US$5 million fish-processing plant was under construction on the Demerara River in 1990, raising the possibility of frozen fish exports.
Art Williams arrived in British Guiana in August 1934 piloting an Ireland amphibian biplane, NC183M, powered by a Pratt & Whitney "Wasp", 9-cylinder 450 HP radial engine, landing on the Demerara River.
The Demerara's width and depth allow oceangoing vessels up to 5,000mt to navigate up to Linden (105 km from the mouth), while smaller vessels may reach up to Malali (245 km from the mouth).
More narrowly, traditional geographic terms put Jonestown in the Mahaica district of the East Coast of Demerara — East Coast Demerara or just ECD, for short, in any case meaning that part of Demerara east of the Demerara River and facing the Atlantic Ocean.
Providence Stadium is located on the east bank of the Demerara River a few kilometres south of the capital, Georgetown.
Soesdyke is a village in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara Region (Region 3), Guyana, located between the Demerara River and the East Bank Public Road where the Soesdyke-Linden Highway begins.
Uitvlugt is a village in Guyana situated on the coastal public road on the west bank of the Demerara River.
Vreed en Hoop is a town at the mouth of the Demerara River on its left bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, located at sea level.
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It enters the Demerara River 27 miles upstream of Linden.