Present day events have influenced my latest non-fiction book; one on the building of the Panama Canal. Through all the effort and maintenance, at what level does the regional authority have control over a waterway?

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2372.The_Path_Between_the_Seas

How Gigantic Ships Cross the Panama Canal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsAUPuOYaY

Time Code: ~10:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sea%E2%80%93Baltic_Canal

https://funfact.topnewsource.com/gulags-bloody-waterway-the-shocking-truth-of-the-white-sea-baltic-canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Tiran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_turnpikes_and_canals_in_the_United_States

https://abandonedonline.net/location/ohio-and-erie-canal/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Canal_(West_Branch_Division)

https://www.wgal.com/article/lock-12-susquehanna-and-tidewater-canal-airville-york-county/43895358

https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/foreign-affairs/hay-pauncefote-treaty/

https://www.shipuniverse.com/panama-canal-transit-fees-explained-2025-edition/

Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty), November 18, 1903:

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/pan001.asp

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/june/race-uss-oregon

https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/Navigation/Tolls/Pages/TollsTable.aspx

https://traveltogermanyguide.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-pass-a-ship-through-the-suez-canal/

https://www.touropia.com/world-famous-canals/

https://jeremiahfilms.com/series/israel-a-nation-is-born/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%932026_Iranian_protests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Sand

https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/china/

https://asiatimes.com/2026/04/china-cranks-south-china-sea-buildup-while-iran-consumes-us/

Take your kids on an educational trip:

https://penncanalsoc.org/

https://www.juniatarivercanaltour.com/

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