http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wyrk.com/a-trip-through-the-welland-canal-video/ http://wyrk.com/a-trip-through-the-welland-canal-video/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:00:04 +0000 John La Mond http://wyrk.com/?p=39289 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

]]> http://wyrk.com/a-trip-through-the-welland-canal-video/feed/ 0 http://wyrk.com/panama-canal-opens-for-first-time-dales-daily-data-video/ http://wyrk.com/panama-canal-opens-for-first-time-dales-daily-data-video/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:00:20 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=28152 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 move goods and supplies from one side to the other.  That was way back in 1855.

]]> http://wyrk.com/panama-canal-opens-for-first-time-dales-daily-data-video/feed/ 0 Construction workers dealing with a landslide during the Panama Canal project (Getty Images)