Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, a well-populated community has seen considerable development over the years with the establishment of several large-scale businesses and a new housing scheme in one section. An elderly resident, pleased with the transformation of the village, recalled that at one time persons were poor and struggled to make ends meet with many working at the sugar estate and as farmers and fishers.
The sugar estate still serves as the main form of livelihood for many people, but there are others who work as teachers, photographers, accountants, clerks, sales persons, mechanics and a doctor, among other professions.
Bath Settlement is also popular for its large-scale eschallot farming, and because of its rich soil almost every resident plants a