Canal Zone. Richard Prince (born 1949), American painter and photographer; born in the Panama Canal Zone. Thomas Sancton Sr. (1915–2012), American novelist and journalist. Manny Sanguillén (born 1944), American Major League Baseball MLB catcher, for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Klea Scott (born 1968), Canadian actress, born in Panama City, Panama Canal Zone. Louis E. Sola (born 1968), Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, raised in Panama Canal Zone. Charles S. Spencer (born 1950), American curator and anthropologist, born in Panama Canal Zone. Sage Steele (born 1972), American television anchor, born in Panama Canal Zone and spend early childhood there, she is from a U.S. Army family. Stephen Stills (born 1945), musician, graduated from Lincoln High School. Hillary Waugh (1920–2008), mystery writer, who served in the United States Navy as an air pilot in the Panama Canal Zone. Culture Frederick Wiseman made the film Canal Zone, which was released and aired on PBS in 1977. Townships and military installations The Canal Zone was generally divided into two sections, the Pacific side and the Atlantic side, separated by Gatun Lake. A partial list of Canal Zone townships and military installations: Pacific (Gulf Coast) side Townships Ancón – built on the lower slopes of Ancon Hill, adjacent to Panama City. Also home to Gorgas Hospital. Balboa – the Zone's administrative capital, as well as location of the harbor and main Pacific-side high school. Balboa Heights Cardenas – as the Canal Zone was gradually handed over to Panamanian control, Cardenas was one of the last Zonian holdouts. Cocoli Corozal – site of the Pacific side cemetery Curundú – on a military base, but housed civilian military workers, also home to the Junior High School for the Pacific Side Curundu Heights Diablo Diablo Heights Gamboa – headquarters of dredging division, located on Gatun Lake. Many new arrivals to the Canal Zone were assigned here. La Boca – home of the Panama Canal College. Los Rios Paraíso Pedro Miguel Red Tank – abandoned and allowed to be overgrown around 1950. Rosseau – built as a naval hospital during World War II, housed FAA personnel until Cardenas was built. Torn down after about 20 years. Military installations Forts Amador, Grant, and Kobbe were the Harbor Defenses of Balboa of the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps from 1912 through 1948 Fort Amador – on the coast, partly built on land extended into the sea using excavation materials from