The Plum City Village Board early last week planned for the coming cold-weather season. The board approved the same charges as last winter for owners of vehicles needing to be towed. They are $75 or $100 if a tow bar must be used. The lighting of Spring Pond Park for the holidays... News / government 20 hours 59 min ago.
The construction of the Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas. This 101-mile waterway allowed ships to avoid traveling around the southern tip of Africa. The Suez Canal is the shortest route between Europe and the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It cuts through a narrow strip of land in Panama, a country of Central America. Before the canal was built, ships traveling between the east and west coasts of North America had to go all the way around South America.