The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, inonyanya kuzivikanwa se "Ballard Locks", inofanirwa kushanyira zvikonzero zvakawanda. Inowanikwa mumugwagwa, mune imwe nzvimbo yepaki, pedyo nehove huru yemafuta, kutarisa kweBallard kuChiefin is quintessentially Seattle. Vana kunyanya kunakidzwa nekuona kuvhara kweLake Washington Ship Canal kushanda sezvo vachibatsira zvikepe zvinopfuura pakati peLake Union nePuget Sound . Chimwe chinonyanya kukosha ndeye hove yakashambadza, inoshandiswa nekalmon kuti iende kumusoro kumvura yeLake Washington uye mberi.
Panguva yawakashanyira iwe uchazviwana iwe wakanamatira kumahwindo muhove yekuona nzvimbo.
The Ballard Locks
Chokutanga chezvose - chii chisi? Chivharo chigadzirwa chakagadzirirwa kuti zvikepe nezvikepe zvisapfuure pakati pemvura yakawanda yakasiyana-siyana. Munyaya yeBallard Kuvhara, iyo ndima yemvura inobvumira zvikepe zvemarudzi ose kuti zvipfuure mberi nepamusoro peLake Union uye Puget Sound. Izvi zvinoshandiswa zvakare kuchengetedza mvura yemunyu yePuget Sound kubva mumakungwa emvura yakachena eSttle. Zvinonakidza kushanyira zvipfigiro uye kuvatarisa muchiito sezvo midziyo yakasiyana-siyana inopinda uye ichibva, uye sezvo mvura yepamusoro inomutsa uye ichiderera. Panguva yawakashanyira iwe pasina mubvunzo uchaona zvikepe nemabhiza ekuredza pamwe chete nemamwe marudzi ekunakidza uye inosimudzira mvura. Masoja eBallard ari muSalmon Bay, kumadokero kwekumusoro kweLake Union, uye inhengo yeiyo inozivikanwa seLake Washington Ship Canal.
Ichi chiteshi chinobatanidza Lake Washington, Lake Union, uye Puget Sound. Kuvhara kunoshandiswa neU.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Nhamba Yehove paBollard Kuvhara
Mabhoti uye ngarava haisi zvinhu chete zvinopfuura pakati pePuget Sound nemvura inopinda mukati. Hove, kunyanya salmon uye ironhead, uyewo kushandisa nzira yakagadzirwa nomunhu kuburikidza nehove yepamusoro iyo chikamu chechipo.
Iwe unogona kuona hove huru dzekushanda dzinoita rwendo rwayo nekupedza nguva yakati dzichitarisa kuburikidza neimwe yemahwindo anotarisa pasi pemvura, chiitiko chinofadza kune vose. Ndapota cherechedzai, hove yakatarisa nzvimbo yekuona iyo iri kugadziriswa kutanga munaNovember ya 2017 uye yakarongerwa kuzarura muna June 2018.
Maererano nevarume vanoshanda zvisikwa, nguva dzekuona salmon yakakura vachidzoka kudzokera kumigwagwa yavo ndeyekuti:
- Chinook / Mambo saumoni - July kusvika pakati paOctober (nguva yakanakisisa ndiyo mavhiki maviri ekupedzisira eAugust)
- Coho / Sirioni Sarimoni - August kusvika pakati paOctober (nguva yakanakisisa ndiyo mavhiki maviri ekupedzisira eSeptember)
- Sockeye / Red salmon - June kusvika pakati paOctober (nguva yakanakisisa ndiyoJuly)
The Visitor Center paBallard Checks
Mushanyi wepaeni anopa mukana wekudzidza zvakawanda nezvehupenyu nekushanda kweBollard Kuvhara. Iri munzvimbo yakarongeka yakaitika kare, Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Visitor Centre inosvinwa zuva nezuva kubva munaMeyi kusvika munaSeptember uye yakazaruka musi weChishanu, Chishanu, Mugovera, Svondo, neMuvhuro munguva yegore rose. Taura nevashanyi centre pa (206) 783-7059 kana iwe uchida kupinda neawa imwe-yakashanyira kutungamirirwa kwekuvhara.
Iyo Bindu paBallard Kuvhara
Nzvimbo dzakapoteredza Ballard Kuvhara uye mushanyi wekugadzirira ari kumba kwaCarl S.
Chirungu, Jr. Botanical Garden, kupa vashanyi nzvimbo yakanaka kuti vafambe uye picnic. Zviitiko zvinokosha, kusanganisira mimhanzi inorarama uye minda yemunda, inoitika panzvimbo dzose muzhizha.
Nzira Yokusvika Sei kuBallard Checks
Iko yeBallard Inocheka inokwanisa kuwanikwa kubva kurutivi rwokumusoro rwechikepe chinogona kubva kuNW 54th Street. Mubhadharo wepasimani unowanikwa. Zvokudya mukati memakiromita ekufamba zvisiki zvinosanganisira:
- Red Mill Totem House - casual eatery inoshandiswa mu burgers
- The Lockspot Cafe - inoshumira kubva kumarudzi akasiyana-siyana ane mahombe egungwa, inopa bhari yakazara
- Portage Bay Cafe - inoshumira mangwanani uye masikati, inoshandiswa uye inochengetedza zvigadzirwa
Vanyori vanonyanya kufarira kuTettle maritime tsika vangada kushanya pedyo neFisherman's Terminal, imba yeNorth Pacific yezvokufambisa ngarava.
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Lake Washington Ship Canal
3015 NW 54th St.
Seattle, WA, 98107
(206) 783 7059