Tipton to speak on canal history at Heritage Museum event

The Scioto County Heritage Museum will welcome Bill Tipton of the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail for a celebration of community ...
Los Angeles Times

Panamanians say the canal is theirs and always will be

PANAMA CITY — A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians hoisting yellow ...
CBS News

How did a cargo ship get stuck in the Suez Canal, and how are they going to un-stick it?

Tel Aviv — The massive container ship that ran aground in Egypt's Suez Canal early this week was still blocking one of the world's busiest shipping routes on Friday, and officials have said it could ...
Los Angeles Times

Yes, the Panama Canal was built at a dear price — paid in Black lives

“The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts,” said President Trump in his second inaugural address, on Jan. 20, as he cited his foreign policy initiatives. The Gulf of Mexico would be ...
Miami University

The Erie Canal: How a ‘big ditch’ transformed America’s economy, culture and even religion

This article originally appeared in the Conversation. Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid boisterous festivities ...
Forbes

Why The Panama Canal Is At The Center Of A U.S.-China Power Struggle

The Panama Canal, a 51-mile maritime shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is a crucial artery of global trade and a longstanding focal point of international geopolitics. Since its ...
Time

When the Suez Canal Opened 150 Years Ago, It Helped Connect the World—And Heralded the Climate Crisis

Inaugural ceremony of the Suez Canal on Nov. 17, 1869. This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. A version of the article ...
PBS

The Canal Today

Widening the shipping lanes and constructing new, more efficient locks to allow for a third lane of traffic are the top priorities for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), which is striving to meet the ...
NPR

The History Of The Suez Canal

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Zachary Karabell, author of Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal, about the dream to build a waterway that would unite the East and the West. The Suez Canal ...