Show canal would be costar the cost of the proposed nicaraguan canal would be several times the cost of the panama canal the nicaraguan canal would be about miles in length 70 miles emilei of which will be in lake lak e nicaragua tso 50 miles along alone the san juan river and the remainder through the mountain section the region of dalre gatun galun in the panama canal la Is 85 feet above mean sea level the level of lake nicaragua Is 10 feet the great elevation of lake nicaragua bagua Is one of the main features of the added cost of the nicaraguan canal |