Imbali kaWrangell iyanceda kwi-Alaska Rainforest

UWrangell ungamaekhilomitha angama-90 kumntla weKetchikan kodwa uzive ehlabathini, kwaye ngezinye iindlela. Ufikeleleke ngesikhephe okanye ngeenqwelo, iWrangell ngumzekelo oyingqayizivele wobomi bedolophu encinci, kwaye xa ufika apha, uya kuqonda ukuba yiAlaska othe wayenethemba. Ufumane kufuphi nomphezulu weClarence Strait, kwaye emlonyeni we-Stikine River engafihlakeleyo, iWrangell nayo enye yeedolophu ezininzi ezahlukahlukeneyo oza kuzifumana kulo lonke ilizwe, ngenxa yemicimbi yeziganeko kunye nabantu abanomdla.

Ekubanjwe kwiWrangell Island, i-sandwiched phakathi kweSiqithi ne-Etolin Island, iWrangell ibone inani elimangalisayo labemi kunye neendwendwe kwiminyaka eyikhulu elidlulileyo. Abahloli, abazingeli bemilingo, kunye nabafunayo begolide bafumana i dolophu ukuba bayithanda kakhulu indlela yokuhamba ngeendlela kunye nexabiso lezilwanyana zasendle njengezilwandle zasendle, ezinokubulawa ngenxa yoboya babo. Nangona abathengisi boboya baseRashiya bebokuqala abangabemi baseMelika ukuba bathi i-Wrangell yokulondoloza iimfuno zabo ngokwakhiwa kwinqaba ngo-1833, uGeorge Vancouver ngokwenene wayeyindoda yokuqala emhlophe ukubeka unyawo kwihlabathi likaWrangell ngexesha lokutyelela ngokukhawuleza ngo-1793. kunjalo, nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuba iVancouver ayiphumelele ukufumana umlambo we-Stikine okhokelela kulokho ngoku iCanada kunye neNtaba yeNtaba yaseNxweme.

Xa amaRussia akha i-Fort Redoubt yaseSt. Dionysus, njengoko uWrangell wabizwa kuqala, amaNdiya aseTlingit asekuhlaleni ahambela kwisixeko esitsha kwisiqithi esincinane somhlaba namhlanje esibizwa ngokuba yiShakes Island (esibizwa ngokuba yi-Chief Shakes V).

Apha, i-Tlingit incede ukulawula ukuthengiswa koboya kunye nobuchule babo obuqilileyo kwaye luncede ekukhokheni imboni yezoboya ngokubaluleka kwexabiso.

Kungekudala emva kokuba iqela ligqityiwe, iqela elidumileyo le- Hudson's Bay libonakalise lifuna isahlulo senxaxheba, enenjongo yokwakha isithuba sayo kwi-Stikine River.

Xa iinqanawa zase-Hudson Bay zafika kuluntu, abalawuli baseRussia bawafuni ukungena, bathi iBritish ayinalo ilungelo elizweni. Abantu baseTlingit bajoyina i-fraythi, besithi banelungelo lokufumana i-furs (kwaye ngaloo ndlela i-influx eqhubekayo yoshishino), ngoko abahamba ngomkhombe base-Hudson Bay babuyela eVancouver (isixeko) ukuba bacinge ngeendlela zabo.

Ekugqibeleni, abaseBrithani, amaRashiya kunye neTlingits bafikelela kwisivumelwano sokuqeshisa umhlaba ngo-1840, ukuhlawula iindleko ze-2 000 ze-otter ezikhunjulwayo kwiRashiya, kunye nokunikezelwa kokutya kwamaKoloni aseNtshonalanga. Kodwa iBritani yabona amandla okwenza izixhobo zikaWrangell kwaye yathatha le ngxelo.

Kodwa xa i-Alaska ithengwa esuka eRussia kwi-"Seward's Folly" eyaziwayo ngo-1867, enye iplagi yayifuneka ngenxa yokubhabha kwi-post kaWrangell, ogama linguBaron von Wrangel we-Russian-American Company eyasungula indawo leyo. Emva kokuba amaMerika esungula umkhosi weedolophu edolophini, ifulegi yaseMelika yaseMelika yaya ephakamileyo kwaye iqhosha, okwenza i- ezine iyonke iphakanyiswe i-flagpole kwiminyaka engama-40 edluleyo.

Mhlawumbi umntu obalaseleyo ukuba ahlolisise umhlaba ojikeleze uWrangell wayengumdlali wemvelo uJohn Muir, obhaliweyo balo bangela ukuvuselela indlela abahamba ngayo, nokuba namhlanje.

UMair weza kwiWrangell Island ngeyokuqala ngo-1879, kwaye akazange ahlaziywe ngamahlathi amanzi kunye namanxweme amakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, wagxotha waza wenyuka waya kwintlango yesi siqithi kunye namanzi. I-Stikine yenze impembelelo kuye, uMair wabiza i-Big Stikine Glacier "umkhukula omhlophe, omhlophe" ngokungafani nantoni na ewake wayibona ngaphambili.

Ukugxininiswa ngokwaneleyo ukutyelela? I- ofisi yeendwendwe zeWrangell inokubonelela iindwendwe zeAlaska ezipheleleyo, nokuba ngaba umdla owenzela uluntu, ukuloba okanye i-Tlingit.

Abahambi abafuna ukuhlala bodwa kunye neendawo ezikuyo baya kuvuya ukuhlala kwiGrace View Bed kunye ne-Breakfast Breakfast , i-kilometer ukusuka e-downtown kunye nesikebhe. Ikhitshi epheleleyo, iindawo zokulala ezintathu ezihlukeneyo, igumbi lokuhlala, kunye neembono ezigqithisayo ngezwi elingaphaya kwelo, iGonor View ijongana negama layo.

Hayi, kwaye ungayihoyi iifom zokutya zokuzalisa eziza kubangela enye yosuku lokuzonwabisa.

Uninzi lweendwendwe ziza kuWrangell ukubona uMlambo we-Stikine, kwaye uyakubona uya kunceda ngoncedo lwe- Alaska Waters charter nkampani, usebenzisa iinqwelo ezihamba ngeenqwelo ezindiza kunye neengqungquthela ezingenanto ukuze bakwazi ukuhamba nge-delta. Thatha uhambo oluya kwii-glaciers, ujonge iingonyama zolwandle, okanye u tyelele iAnAn Wildlife Observatory ukubona iibhondi ezimnyama kunye ezimnyama ezondla kwi-salmon.

I-Tlingit imbali ingaqondwa nge-Alaska Waters ukutyelela kwenkcubeko, apho uhambo oluya kwi-Old Shakes House lwangaphambili lugxininisa omnye ekudaneni, kumdaka, kunye namabali aphuma kwizizukulwana ezizayo.

Ungakulibali ukunyuka kwiNtaba yeDewey, ngakumbi ngoJulayi, xa i-blueberries evuthiweyo ihamba ngeendlela ezihamba phambili kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukukhusela ukufika kwangempela kwintlanganiso. Kuyafaneleka ukuba umgudu wokuya, nangona kunjalo, njengoko isivuno esiphezulu sibheke imibono enkulu yeWrangell, iintaba ezungezile, kunye ne- Alaska Marine Highway ferry.