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Entering the Pedro Miguel lock (2010)  
   

Entering the Pedro Miguel lock (2010)

Vessels of all sizes use the canal, paying according to draft.
Our Panama Canal Cruise - Through the Canal, 1992 March 24 – 28

March 24th 1992
The highlight and purpose of our trip was sailing through the Panama Canal. My father and I spent almost the whole day on our balcony watching the landscape pass by. Because we both had read The Path Between the Seas , we frequently discussed the history of failing to create the canal and the evidence of the final suc ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón

Panamanian Flag With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more
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