page_title: Gamboa, Panama
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Gamboa, Panama / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: The former Gamboa Elementary School and its gym, seen from Maltby Place.
context_page_description: Gamboa is a small town in the Republic of Panama. It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.
context_section_description: Gamboa is located on a sharp bend of the Chagres River at the point which feeds Lake Gatun. Just south of Gamboa, Lake Gatun and the Chagres meet the Culebra Cut (Gaillard Cut) where the Canal cuts through the Continental Divide.  Thus, though Gamboa is closer to the Pacific side of Panama, its watershed is on the Atlantic side.  A single lane iron and wood bridge that crossed the Chagres and was the only road access to Gamboa for most of its history.  This bridge is still intact today, but in October of 2018 a new multi-lane bridge was completed near the original site.
caption: The former Gamboa Elementary School
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