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	Chagres River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Chagres River (Spanish: Río Chagres) is a river in central Panama.
		The central part of the river is dammed by the Gatun Dam and forms Lake Gatun, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal.
		The river was the correct answer to the winning question of the 2005 National Geographic Bee, a geography general-knowledge contest for U.S. schoolchildren.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chagres_River (127 words)

	Gatun Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lake is situated in the valley of the Chagres River.
		It was formed, and the river widened and deepened, by the construction of the Gatun Dam about 10 km (6 miles) from the river's mouth in the Caribbean Sea in 1907–1913.
		The damming of the river flooded the originally wooded valley; almost a century later, the stumps of old mahogany trees can still be seen rising from the water, and submerged snags form a hazard for any small vessels that wander off the marked channels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gatun_Lake (682 words)

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		CHAGRES, a village of the Republic of Panama, on the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus, at the mouth of the Chagres river, and about 8 m.
		With the decline of Porto Bello in the 18th century Chagres became the chief Atlantic port of the Isthmus, and was at the height of its importance during the great rush of gold-hunters across the Isthmus to California in 1849 and the years immediately following.
		On a high rock at the mouth of the river stands the castle of Lorenzo, which was destroyed by Sir Henry Morgan when he captured the town in 1671, but was rebuilt soon afterwards by the Spaniards.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=14533 (234 words)

	Building the Dams
		The valley of the Chagres was framed by the hand of Nature in such a way as to fit admirably into the plans of the canal engineers for a lock canal across the isthmus, with the Atlantic locks at Gatun.
		In the upper and middle reaches of the valley, after the river strikes the line of the canal, the hills which border it are far flung.
		Now the river may rage, coming down from its upper watershed with as great a flood as it has ever been known to carry, but the lake into which it flows is so extensive that angry torrents of the Chagres are swallowed up and scarcely disturb the placid surface.
	www.czbrats.com /Builders/Bennett/dams.htm (2335 words)

	Chagres River
		The Chagres River is 7 miles west of the Colon entrance to the Panama Canal
		The Chagres River used to drain out of the Gatun Lake freely, but with the construction of the Panama Canal, a dam was constructed to regulate the lake and produce electricity.
		The entrance to the river was a bit dicey, involving 2 sharp turns to avoid a reef and stay off the beach, but navigation was easy once we were in.
	www.hackingfamily.com /Landfalls/SouthWest/chagres_river.htm (1240 words)

	San Lorenzo
		The mouth of the Chagres River was an excellent choice since it was directly across from Panama, on the narrowest strip of the isthmus, with a distance of less than 50 miles.
		From the town of Chagres, the treasures were transported by ship, to the town of Nombre de Diós and Porto Bello.
		The mouth of the Chagres River, was one of the places that the Council of the Indies, in 1564, decided to fortify.
	www.bruceruiz.net /PanamaHistory/san_lorenzo.htm (676 words)

	The Panama Canal
		Above Bohio the Chagres Valley is undulating, the hills becoming higher and steeper as the river is ascended, causing very rapid run-off of the rains, amounting to 100 inches and over in eight or nine months, the average duration of the wet season.
		The Chagres River has 26 tributaries between Bas Obispo and Gatun, the largest of which are the Gatun and Trinidad rivers, the former entering from the east with a drainage basin of about 160 square miles, and the latter from the west, draining an area of about 390 square miles.
		Each rises in the same character of country as the Chagres, and though with smaller drainage areas, they are of the same torrential character and must be reckoned with in the general question of the control of the Chagres and its tributaries.
	www.serve.com /~CZBrats/Builders/Goethals/panamacanal1.htm (2469 words)

	Chagres - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Chagres, river, in central Panama, rising in the San Blas Range, and flowing into the Caribbean Sea near Nuevo Chagres.
		The approach to the canal from the Atlantic is along 7.2 km (4.5 mi) of dredged channel in Limón Bay, after passing the city of Colón, Panama.
		The two mountain ranges are watersheds within which rise about 325 rivers and streams emptying into the Pacific, and 150 descending to the Caribbean....
	au.encarta.msn.com /Chagres.html (96 words)

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		The river at this point was about three hundred feet in width, flowing through a deep and rocky channel, and subject to sudden and resistless freshets, often rising forty feet in a single night: the bridge was nearly completed when one span was swept away.
		On the opposite shore of the river stands the ancient native town of Gatun, which is composed of forty or fifty huts of cane and palm, and situated on the edge of a broad savanna that extends back to a range of hills a mile or two distant.
		The alligator, which is found more or less plentifully in all parts of the Chagres and its tributaries, and the adjacent streams and swamps, frequently attacks and destroys dogs and cattle, and occasional instances have occurred where the natives, imprudently venturing into the waters, infested with them, have fallen a prey to their rapacity.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /award/mymhiwe/f1563084/f1563084.txt (15542 words)

	El Camino Real & Las Cruces Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although the river was named El Río de los Lagartos, the area was referred to as the district of Chagre.
		From Cruces, passage was continued by Cayucos and small boats, down the Chagres River to the mouth of the Chagres, on the Caribbean Sea.
		He related that the first part of the journey was the most difficult because of the many rivers that needed to crossed, the mountains that had to climb, and the thick forest that had to be penetrated.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/el_camino_real.htm (2291 words)

	The Panama Railroad Travelogues:Ferdinand de Lesseps crosses the Isthmus
		The point where they first saw the river was Gatun, a native village seven miles from Colon, at the confluence of the Rio Gatun, the place Godin de Lepinay had picked for his great Chagres dam.
		They were running along the valley of the Chagres now, where the river came down in big, wide loops, brown and unhurried-now that the dry season had returned through intermittent patches of deep shadow and sharp, white sun light.
		The river originated in the steep jungle uplands miles off to the east, a "quick and bold" wilderness with mountains of two thousand to four thousand feet, where at the time of the Spanish conquest a legendary Indian chief, Chagre, had ruled.
	www.trainweb.org /panama/delesseps.html (2385 words)

	chagres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Rio Chagres is one of the most important rivers in the world yet remains unknown in spite of its colorful history and current global significance.
		The Chagres river and the Alajuela Lake are its main attraction, the historic Camino...
		CHAGRES, a village of the Republic of Panama, on the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus, at the mouth of the Chagres river, and about 8 mW of Colon.
	www.hotvsnot.com /search/?s=chagres (325 words)

	Chagrees National Park
		The whole park protects the hydrographic basin of the River Chagres, which was dammed in 1914 where it meets the Canal in order to create Lake Gatun, which for a long time was the world's largest artificial lake.
		In 1935, the Chagres was dammed again, creating 5.000 hectare Lake Alajuela, which is nowadays inside the national park and serves to regulate the level of Lake Gatun.
		The moist tropical forests consist of large trees basically of the genera Bombacopis, Anacardium, tabebuia and Cedrela, in the very moist premontane forests, the genera Calophyllum and Achras are common, while in the very moist tropical forsests, with huge trunks as big as 50 meters, live the genera Poulsenia, Terminalia and Quararibea.
	www.bocasdeltoro.com /Panamanationalpark/chagress (304 words)

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		The Chagres River has its beginning in the mountains about midway of the Isthmus, and formerly ran a triumphant course of 120 miles northeast to the Caribbean Sea.
		It was once considered a mighty river but now, except for a few boisterous miles near its source and the six-mile stretch between Gatun and the Atlantic, its power has been curbed and its identity lost; merged into the waters of the mighty lake it was compelled to form.
		Among these malcontents was the sullen Chagres River, grown vainglorious and over-proud because of the admiration accorded his rushing magnitude by the jungle world wherein he reigned.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/CZAngelsSpace/Folklore.html (1585 words)

	The Americans in Panama - Chapter 19
		He watches the river Chagres rise under the stimulation of the rainy season from a puny creek, fordable almost anywhere, to a stream as masterful almost as the Mississippi on a rampage.
		It is not hyperbole, therefore, to say that the Chagres River is the greatest single factor in the success of the Panama Canal.
		The Society of the Chagres will become one of the historic organizations of the United States, along with the Grand Army of the Republic, the United Confederate Veterans, the Spanish-American War Veterans, and the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
	www.serve.com /~CZBrats/AmPan/chap19.htm (1472 words)

	Gamboa Rainforest Resort - Luxury Resort
		Kayak the historic Chagres River, where hundreds of "49ers" floated on their way to California during the Gold Rush.
		Travel on the fabled waters of the Chagres river where we´ll cruise along at slow speed as we look for wildlife such as iguanas, caimans, and birds.
		The forested banks of the river are part of Soberania Nat´l Park a principal watershed area of the Canal.
	www.gamboaresort.com /gamboa_marina_fishing.htm (791 words)

	Embera Indigenous Groups at Chagres River Panama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		These lands are simply breath-taking as their dug-out cannoe enter the river and we are surrounded by pristine tropical forests.
		They are a river basin culture, they depend on water masses in order to eat, their main source of nutrients are fresh water fish together with plantain or rice.
		The women weave baskets (originaly made to carry water from the river) these water tight baskets and plates are adorned with all sorts of natural colors from plants and roots, woven to make designs of tropical animals.
	www.panamaride.com /emberaig.php (356 words)

	History \| San Lorenzo Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Chagres River played this role since 1503, becoming the main gate of the Americas on the Atlantic.
		Soon, the mouth of the Chagres came under threat of pirates and buccaneers, and in 1595, by order of Phillip the Second of Spain, Fort San Lorenzo Castle was built on the side of a steep cliff with the purpose of defending this strategic spot.
		The Chagres River stayed as the main interoceanic route until the construction of the railroad from Manzanillo Island (now Colon City) to Panama in 1850.
	www.sanlorenzo.org.pa /hist_in.htm (933 words)

	Panama Multi-Sport Adventure
		This historic trail was built by the Spanish in the early years of the colony to connect Panama City, located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, with Fort San Lorenzo, by the mouth of the mighty Chagres River on the Caribbean Sea.
		You will reach the ruins of the town of Venta de Cruces, by the Chagres River, where you board a comfortable expedition boat and depart on an adventure that will include a voyage across Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal passing by gigantic cargo ships transiting the waterway, contrasting with the natural surroundings.
		The flow of all rivers within the Panama Canal Watershed is contained in Gatun Lake to provide water for the operation of the lock system.
	www.lostworldadventures.com /itinerary.php/iid/205 (1140 words)

	Trade Topics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Rio Chagres is the only river in the world that empties into two oceans.
		With nothing to protect the soil, it eroded, or was swept away by the river.
		The park, which measures 322,500 acres (an acre is about the size of a football field) protects the river, the rainforest, and the plants, birds, animals, frogs, and insects that live there.
	www.apl.com /boomerangbox/d041502.htm (519 words)

	Gray Line / Viajes Primera Clase - Panama
		The course of the Chagres River is relatively unknown due to the lack of access to the area.
		To reach the point where the rafts are thrown to the river, it is required a ride in a 4x4 vehicle to reach the small town of San Cristobal, beyond Cerro Azul, in the area of the Chagres National Park.
		This river rafting was initiated in January of 1998.
	www.grayline-panama.com /pty/english/sightseeing/rafting.htm (553 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That body of water known as Gatun Lake is imply the slack water of the Chagres River.
		At the Gatun Dam built across that river some six or seven miles from its mouth is the famous Gatun Spillway, "the Niagara of the Panama Canal," and is simply the vent through which the impounded water of the Gatun Lake escape into the Chagres River below.
		These regulating gates are used to control the waters when the Chagres River is at flood-tide, thereby supplementing the Spillway's capacity to discharge the water from the Lake.
	www.lcc.gatech.edu /~strain/Stereoscope/bwater.html (238 words)

	Gamboa Rainforest Resort Panama Canal vacation fishing Gatun Lake and Chagres River for Peacock Bass, Tarpon and Snook.
		The Gamboa Rainforest Resort at the Panama Canal is a 340-acre luxury destination resort in the heart of Soberania National Park on the banks of the Chagres River and Gatun Lake, the main water sources for the Panama Canal.
		The Chagres River and Gatun Lake offer some of the best freshwater sport fishing in the world.
		However, the resort is best known for its aerial tram canopy tour, as well as its on-property educational exhibits and nature tours, which include a serpentarium, butterfly house, orchid and botanical gardens, freshwater and reptile exhibit and Embera Indian village.
	worldwidefishing.com /panama/b2274?page_type=salt&...+The+Panama+Canal (909 words)

	Embera Drua
		In early 1850, Judson Ames of Louisiana arrived at Chagres with the largest and heaviest single piece of freight yet to be transported across the isthmus.
		When the Chagres River was dammed at Gatún in 1912, the resulting reservoir would flood Gorgona, but the trail from Cruces toward Panama City lay on higher land and was preserved.
		Today, the relatively new town of Gamboa sits at the confluence of the Chagres River and the Panama Canal right in the middle of the isthmus, and is located quite close to the original town of Cruces, which escaped inundation.
	www.trail2.com /embera/history3.htm (5849 words)

	Panama Hotels Gamboa Rainforest Resort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The views of the Chagres River and the Soberania National Park are simply astonishing and relaxing.
		The Deluxe River View Suites are twice the size of a regular Deluxe River View Room, with one main living room area with a pull out couch and a kitchenette.
		A combination of a Junior Suite and Deluxe River View Suite, this suite is the most luxurious and spacious of the hotel, with a loft with two twin beds and a bathroom, as well as a separate main bedroom with a King Size Bed, a private balcony and a main bathroom.
	www.southernhorizons.com /PA_H_gamboa.htm (868 words)

	Panama: Conservation of Chagres National Park through Tropical Forest Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Chagres National Park is a 318,000-acre national protected area covering the Chagres River Basin that provides over 50 percent of the water necessary for the operation of the Panama Canal, as well as drinking water for the two largest cities in the country -- Panama City and Colon.
		In addition, as the United States is one of the largest users of the canal, and the canal itself moves more than 5 percent of world trade, preserving the watershed is of material economic importance to the United States.
		The Chagres National Park is also home to endangered species such as jaguars, mantled howler monkeys and anteaters.
	www.state.gov /p/wha/rls/22406.htm (486 words)

	DAY 1
		Depart from Panama City at 7:00 am to be driven in FWD vehicles to Alto Pacora Village in the boundary of Chagres National Park, passing Cerro Azul Mountain, located northeast from Panama City.
		San Cristobal River is a tributary of Piedras River which is a tributary of the Chagres River.
		If that is the case(normally from march through june) we will have to hike all the way to Chagres River which as a good water level to raft year around.
	www.aventuraspanama.com /verdevalley.htm (552 words)

	Time Among the Embera
		It is near the end of dry season and the river is low.
		The Chagres winds between steely shale canyons and low vine-festooned banks in a treacherous, ever-changing landscape hidden beneath towering old-growth rainforest; a soaring impressionist’s canvas of lush green hues, spattered with red, yellow and white flowering trees.
		Fish, abundant in the river, is the staple protein.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue63/63E-embera.htm (1749 words)

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