La Heureuse Aventure is really small. The village has the least number of residents in Canal Number One with no more than ten houses in total, of which a couple are vacant.
Literally translated, the name of the village, which is French, would mean ‘The Happy Adventure’, however, many persons who live in and around the village refer to it as ‘La Ruse’.
While La Heureuse Aventure is quiet with not much going on it is possibly the highlight of the canal as the L’Aventure Secondary School is situated in the village. The school is the first structure in the village and caters for children from different villages on the West Bank Demerara. At the time of my visit the name of the school was being boldly painted in black by an artist on a ladder.