At the end of our Panama trip, we took a boat ride on Gatun Lake. According to Wikipedia, "Gatun Lake (Sp. Lago Gatún) is a large artificial lake situated in the Republic of Panama; it forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships for 33 km (20 miles) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
The lake was created between 1907 and 1913 by the building of the Gatun Dam across the Chagres River. At the time it was created, Gatun Lake was the largest man-made lake in the world, and the dam was the largest earth dam."
The lake is part of a healthy ecosystem, and we saw many animals along its bank, including
(click to enlarge) Capuchin monkey
(click to enlarge) Sloth
(click to enlarge) Turtle
