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Isla Falta Calzado
Isla Falta Calzado is a Panamanian island with an area of located in the middle of the Panama Canal in the southwest region of the Gatun Lake.〔Buckley, Kevin (1995). ''Panama''. Touchstone. ISBN 0-671-77876-5.〕〔DuTemple, Lesley A. "The Panama Canal"; 2002; pp 50–55; Lerner Publishing Group; ISBN 978-0-8225-0079-7〕 The Island was created when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed by the Gatun Dam to create the Gatun lake. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part of the existing rainforest, and the hilltops became the islands that are now scattered throughout the lake.
==History==
There are few references as to how the island got its name, literally translated as Island of the Missing Footwear, but more commonly translated as Island of the Missing Shoe. It is believed to have originated from a wedding tradition of the indigenous people.
Because of the currents created in the lake, the locals observed that things thrown into the water on one side of the island often washed ashore on the other side of the island. This led to a tradition of the wedding party throwing one of their footwear, usually some sort of sandal, into the water a week before the wedding. It was believed that if both shoes washed ashore then the wedding was destined for lifelong bliss, if only one shoe washed ashore then the partner with the missing shoe would be destined for a life of misery in the marriage and if neither washed ashore, the marriage was destined for doom.
It is unknown how many marriages were formed or ended due to this tradition, but it led to an influx of soon to be newlyweds, from other islands, making the trek to Isla Falta Calzado to test their compatibility with their soon to be mate.
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