Panama Canal

When I look back on my childhood memories, one of the things that sticks out are the Sunday drives that my father took us on. One of our favorite destinations was the Welland Canal in Ontario. The Welland Canal connects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario...

The Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans opened on this date in 1914 but planning for it began decades before.  It was the discovery of gold in California and Oregon that was the original reason for building a quick water route from one side of the country to the other.  Panama was the narrowest section of Central America and to begin with the United States built a railroad to m