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Hogg Island Windmill
during colonial rule. The Hogg Island
windmill ruin is located on a former
Dutch plantation called Plantation
Lyksburg on the eastern side of the
island.
Constructed on a six-foot mound, the
structure stands some 28 feet high,
and is made of granite blocks and red
brick, the brick being primarily used
as facing for the big windows and
archways.
Hogg Island’s original Dutch name
was Varken Eiland, which means Hogg
Island. It was home to numerous
wild hogs, and when the British took
over the Dutch colonies in Guiana
they retained the name in English
translation. This spelling of ‘Hogg
Island’ was thus gazetted. In pursuit
of its policy of heritage preservation
and conservation, the National Trust,
which has an annual agenda of capital
projects, restored the windmill and
constructed a fence and footpath at
the site in 2010.
Eiland or Hogg Island, so named
due to it being inhabited by a large
number of wild hogs. Then in 1814
with the cessation of the Napoleonic
Wars the British gained control of the
Dutch colonies: Demerara, Berbice,
and Essequibo, leaving the Dutch with
Suriname, which they held until 1975.
The British had decided to keep the
name of the island in its original Dutch
form: Hogg Island.
With a total area of 22 square miles
(60 km2) this island is larger than
many Caribbean islands. Its 250
residents are engaged mainly in the
farming of rice and ground provisions.
The population has decreased a lot
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