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Bitter Lakes

Two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and the Small Bitter Lake, which form part of the Suez Canal, originally in the bed of the Red Sea. These lakes were 8–12 m/26–39 ft below sea level, but were almost dry when the canal was cut.

During the 1967 Arab–Israeli War many ships were trapped in the lakes and left to rust. They were dredged in 1975 by the British navy in order to allow the canal to open later that year.
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In May 2010 we will be travelling to the Canal zone (an overflow group - September 2009 was full) taking in Cairo, Moascar, Ismailia and Tel-el-Kebir staying at a hotel on the great bitter lakes Fayid and visiting the area of lake Timsa.
Trip to Canal zone; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
In contrast, these Arabs had had no beef with the US, for their relationship with it began auspiciously: King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia meets with US president Franklin Roosevelt aboard the USS Quincy on February 14, 1945, in the Great Bitter Lake.
Reflect on the essence of July 4 by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
In October, 2008, we will be travelling to the Canal Zone area for nine nights (October 9-18), taking in Cairo, Moascar, Ismailia, Tel-el-Kebir, staying at a hotel on the Great Bitter Lakes Fayid.
Letter: Egyptian visit by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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