Eyifakwe ngokufudula iqhwa ngexesha lokugqibela lokugqithisa, iFrances Lake yilaba likhulu kunxweme e- Yukon . Iimbalo zayo zihlangene kwi-V ngokuma nge-labyrinthine ezolule iisletthi kunye nezilwanyana ezibizwa ngokuba yiNtshontsho; kunye namanxweme ayo aphethwe yimitshini, imilambo kunye neendawo zokubeka iiglasi. Ngaphandle kwemida yamanzi, ihlathi elinyamezelayo lihlukanisa ulwandle ukusuka kwiintaba ezikude. Iimodi yokuthakazelisa echibini yenza ukuba kube yindawo yokuphila kwendalo; kunye nemiphefumlo enomdla efuna ukuzicoca ngobungingqi obukude.
Imbali kaFrances Lake
I-Frances Ichibi yafika ngokufikeleleka kwendlela emva kokugqitywa kwe-Campbell Highway ngo-1968. Ngaphambi koko, indlela eya kuphela yokufikelela echibini yayiyi-float-kwaye ngaphambi koko, ngeenqanawa okanye ngeenyawo. Nangona kunjalo, abantu baye bahlala kwindawo ejikeleze iFrances Lake iminyaka engama-2 000 (nangona ngasemva koko, i-echibi laziwa ngegama layo lomthonyama, iTu Cho, okanye i-Big Water). Leli gama labiwe ngabantu baseKaska lokuqala besizwe abakhele iikampu zokuloba ngexeshana kunye nolwandle, kwaye baxhomekeke kwizilwanyana zasendle ezizinzileyo zokusinda.
Abantu baseYurophu bafika kuqala kwiFrances Lake ngo-1840, xa uhambo olukhokelwa nguRobert Campbell lukhunjulwe kumanxweme alo ngelixa lifuna indlela yokurhweba eYukon egameni le-Company ye-Hudson's Bay. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, uCampbell namadoda akhe bakha indawo yokuqala yeYohkon yokurhweba kwintshona ye-Frances Lake Narrows.
Banika isizwe sokuQala isizwe izixhobo, izixhobo kunye nezinye iimpahla ngokutshintshiselana neentambo ezenziwa yiKaska ezivela kwindawo ejikelezile. Kwakuyixesha eli xesha uCampbell wanika leli gama igama langasentshona, ngokuhlonipha umfazi wekarhulumente kwerhuluneli.
Ulwaphulo kunye nezizwe ezizimeleyo zoLuntu lweSizwe kunye nobunzima bokubonelela inkampu kunye nemigqaliselo yabangela iNkampani ukuba yishiye isithuba ngo-1851.
Kwiminyaka eyalandela, uFrances Lake wabona abambalwa ngaphandle kweendwendwe-kubandakanywa isazi senzululwazi waseCanada uGeorge Dawson, kunye nabaxhasi begolide bekhulu le-19 beya kwiKlondike. Igolide yafunyanwa kwiFrances Lake ngokwayo ngowe-1930, kwaye emva kweminyaka emine emva kwesibini kwithuba lesibini le-Hudson's Bay lenkampani yokurhweba. Nangona kunjalo, ukwakhiwa kwe-Alaska Highway ngokukhawuleza kwanikezela indlela endala yokurhweba engabalulekanga, kwaye ikhefu laphinde lashiywa kumacebo alo.
Frances Lake Wilderness Lodge
Namhlanje, abahlali bodwa abasigxina kwiNxweme yaseFrances Lake nguMartin no-Andrea Laternser, isibini esineSwitzerland esizalelwe kunye neFrances Lake Wilderness Lodge. I-lodge, esekelwe kumda osezantsi kummandla osentshonalanga, yasungulwa njengendawo yokuhlala yangasese nge-Danish expats ngo-1968. Ukususela ngoko, uye wanda ukuba ibe yindawo yokuthula nokuthula kwabo bafuna ukubalekela ixesha elixakekileyo ubomi obungaphandle kweNyakatho yaseNyakatho yeCanada. Iqukethe indawo yokuhlala epholileyo kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezihlanu ezivakalisi, zonke eziqingqiweyo ezisuka kwiiplanga zendawo kwaye zijikelezwe ngamahlathi asekuhlaleni.
Omdala kulawa yi-Bay Cabin, eyayiyinxalenye yeposi yezorhwebo ye-Hudson's Bay ye-20 yekhulu lama-20 ngaphambi kokuba idluliselwe kulo lonke ichweba.
Zonke iikhampasi zithandana ne-rustic, zinezibhedlele ezinobumba obukhulu kakhulu, i-toilet ephathekayo kunye nesitofu somthi ukunika ubushushu kwi-Yukon ebusika. Amanzi ashushu afumaneka kwiikhabini elilodwa elizaliswe kunye ne-sauna yakhe ekhuni ngokhuni; ngelixa i-cabin enkulu yindawo engcwele yokufudumala apho umntu angakwazi ukuphumla phambi komlilo ngelixa asebenzisa ilayibrari egcwele iYoukon.
I-lodge ineziqendu ezibini ezicacileyo. Enye imbonakalo ekhangelekayo ukusuka kwinqanawa, iintaba ezinamaqabunga ziboniswa kwisibuko sechibi. Ngentsasa neyokuhlwa, iintaba zixhatshazwa nge-pink pink or flame-ekhanyayo, kwaye kwiintsuku ezicacileyo zichazwe ngokucacileyo malunga nesimo esibhakabhaka esibhakabhaka esibhakabhaka. Ukugqwesa okwesibini yimbutho ye-lodge engenamdla. Njengendlalifa ephumelelayo kunye nogqirha wezesayensi zendalo, uMartin uyigunya ebomini kwiindawo ezinqabileyo zomhlaba kunye nomthombo wamabali amaninzi amanqabileyo.
UArena ungumlumbi ekhitshini, ukutya ukutya kwendlela yokupheka ekhaya.
Izinto Ezozenzayo kwi-Lodge
Ukuba unokuzikhupha kude kwinduduzo ye-lodge ngokwayo, kukho iindlela ezininzi zokuhlola indawo ejikelezileyo. Indlela yokutolika ehlathini ichaza wena kwizinto ezimangalisayo zemichiza kunye nezityalo ezidliwayo ezikhula zasendle ngeFrances Lake. Ungasebenzisa i-kayaks kunye neekhenyane ezijonge kwi-echimeni yelibi ukuphonononga izixhobo ezininzi kunye neendawo ngokuzimela, okanye unokucela uMartin ukuba anike ityelelo ekhokelwayo (mhlawumbi ngephenyane okanye ngesikebhe). Ezi tyelelo zinika ithuba lokutyelela i-post yaseYurson's Bay yoshishino lwezorhwebo, ukuthatha iifoto ezimnandi zendawo ekhethiweyo okanye ukujonga iindawo zasendle ezihlala kuzo.
Iinyoni nezilwanyana ezabelana ngesimo seFrances Lake zihamba ngokukhululeka, kwaye akukho nto ikwazi ukuyixelela into ongayibona. Izilwanyana ezincinci ziquka i-squirrels, i-porcupines, i-beaver kunye ne-otters eziqhelekileyo, ngelixa i-moose idlalwa ngokutya kwi-shoreline. Nangona kungabikho nto, iibhere kunye ne-lynx zihlala kuloo ndawo kunye nezimpisi zivame ukuvalelwa ebusika. Iintaka zeentaka apha ziyamangalisa, nazo. Ehlotyeni, iinqwenqa zamabhalane ziphakamisa iintsana zazo kwisiqithi esiseduze ne-lodge, ngelixa iiplantilla zijikeleza i-loon. Abalobi banethuba lokujonga i-Arctic greyling, i-pike esenyakatho kunye ne-lake trout.
Xa Uya Ku tyelela
Ixesha eliphambili le-lodge liqala ukususela ngo-Juni ukuya ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba, kwaye inyanga nganye inomtsalane wayo. NgoJuni, amanqanaba aphezulu wamanzi avumela ukufikelela okulula nakwiindawo ezinzulu kakhulu, kwaye ilanga lingadibanisi ngaphantsi kwelo xesha ebusuku. Iimvumi zikhulu ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, kwaye zigqitha ngoJulayi-inyanga efudumeleyo, kwaye lixesha elihle lokubona ama-eagles ezihlamba. Ngo-Agasti, ubusuku buba mnyama kwaye umiyane luqala ukufa-kwaye amanqanaba amanzi aphantsi anokuvumela ukuba uhambe ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle. NgoSeptemba kubanda, kodwa kuletha uzuko lwemibala yokuwa kunye nethuba lokubonelela ukufuduka kwekhanele yonyaka.
I-lodge ivaliwe kwiindawo zebusika, nangona ukuhlala kunokwenzeka phakathi kwe-Februwari nangomhla ka-Matshi. Ngeli xesha, i-echibi lihlala likhuni kwaye ihlabathi liboshwe ngekhephu. Ubusuku bude kwaye buvame ukubhekwa yiMila yoMntla , kunye nemisebenzi evela kwi-snow-shoeing ukuya kwi-skiing.
Ukufikelela kwiFrances Lake
Kusuka kwinqununu yase Yukon, i-Whitehorse, indlela ekhawulezayo yokufikelela kwiFrances Lake iyaphuma ngeenqwelo. Uhambo luba ngamava ngokwawo kodwa lubiza kakhulu-ngoko abo abanokufumana ixesha lokuncenga banokukhetha ukuhamba ngeendlela. I-lodge iyakwenza i-minivan pick-up esuka e-Whitehorse okanye kwi-Watson Lake, okanye unokuqesha indawo. Ngayiphi na indlela, uya kuqhubela kwi-campground eFrances Lake, apho uya kushiya imoto yakho ngaphambi kokuba uhambise yonke indlela eya kwi-lodge ngesithuthuthu. Nxibelelana noMartin okanye u-Andrea ngaphambi kwexesha loncedo lokuhlela izithuthi, kunye neenkcukacha zeendlela ezintathu ezivela kwi-Whitehorse. Ifutshane kakhulu ithatha iiyure ezisibhozo, ngaphandle kokuyeka.