SOURCE: DATE: 2015-02-12
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You may think you’ve known all about the Panama Canal since middle school social studies. Most people know that the Canal was built across the isthmus of Panama to save ships from having to go all the way around South America to connect from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic and back. In fact, you may even know it only takes 8-10 hours for a ship to pass through the canal’s three locks, the Miraflores, the Pedro Miguel and the Gatún Locks. Even more impressively, you may not have just Googled “isthmus.” Still, as I learned on a recent trip to Panama, there’s a lot more to the story of the Panama Canal than you probably know. See if you knew any of these ten facts.10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Panama Canal by Viator Travel Team from Viator Travel Blog