Nhoroondo yeWrangell Inofadza muSouth-East Alaska Rainforest

Wrangell iri makiromita makumi mapfumbamwe nechekuchamhembe kweKetchikan asi anonzwa nyika iri kure, uye mune dzimwe nzira, ndiyo. Inowanikwa kuburikidza nechikepe kana ndege, Wrangell muenzaniso wakasiyana wehupenyu hweguta-duku, uye kana uchingosvika pano, iwe unogona kunge uchiona ichi ndicho Alaska wawakanga uchitarisira. Iri pedyo nepamusoro peClarence Strait, uye pamuromo weStikine River isina kudzika, Wrangell zvakare rimwe remaguta akasiyana-siyana auchawana munyika yose, nekuda kwezviitiko zvezvakaitika kare uye vanhu vanofarira.

Yakatarirwa paWrangell Island, yakasvibiswa pakati penyika yeElandland neEtolin Island, Wrangell akaona nhamba inoshamisa yevagari uye vashanyi pamusoro pemakore zana apfuura. Vatsvakurudzi, vatsva vehuni, uye ve-ivo-vekutsvaga goridhe vakawana guta racho richida kufanana navo nekufamba kwemafambiro uye mukukosha kwemhuka dzesango segungwa, iyo inogona kuurayiwa nokuda kwehuto hwavo. Kunyange zvazvo vatengesi veRussia vedzimba dzekuRussia vaiva vekutanga vasiri Nhengo dzekudaidzira Wrangell kuti kuchengetedza zvido zvavo kuburikidza nekuvaka nhare muna 1833, George Vancouver ndiye chaiye murume wepachena kuti aise pasi pavhu raWrangell munguva yekukurumidza kushanyira kushanya muna 1793. hazvina kunyanya kufungidzira, zvakadaro, nokuti Vancouver yakashaya kuwana Stikine rwizi runotungamirira mune izvo zvino yava Canada uye Coast Coast range.

Apo vanhu veRussia vakavaka Fort Redoubt St. Dionysus, sezvo Wrangell ainzi atanga kudanwa, vaIndia vekuTlingit vekune imwe nzvimbo vakadzokera kumucheto kweguta idzva pane imwe nzvimbo yemazuva ano inonzi Shakes Island (inonzi inonzi Chief Shakes V).

Pano, Tlingit yakabatsira kugadzirisa hutsva hwekutengeserana nehuchenjeri hwavo hwakangwara uye vakabatsira kutungamira hurumende yebvu kuratidza kudzoka kwekukosha.

Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge dzimba racho rapera, Hudson's Bay Company yakakurumbira yakazviratidza ichida chidimbu chechiito chacho, ichida kuvaka nzvimbo yavo pachavo pa Stikine River.

Apo chikepe cheHudson Bay chakasvika munharaunda, vatungamiriri veRussia vakaramba kuvopinda, vachiti vaBritain vakanga vasina kodzero yenyika. Vanhu veTlingit vakabatana nekutengesa, vachitaura kuti vane kodzero yezvipfeko (uye nenzira iyo inoramba ichiita zvekutengeserana), saka vafambisi vezvikepe veHudson Bay vakadzokera kuVancouver (guta) kuti vafungisise zvavanosarudza.

Pakupedzisira, vaBritish, Russia, uye Tlingits vakawana chibvumirano chekubhadhara nyika muna 1840, vachibhadhara chikwereti che 2 000 otter skins kuti vabhadharwe kuRussia, uye kutora zvokudya zveRussia makoloni kumadokero kwegungwa. Asi vaBritish vakaona zvakakosha zvezvinhu zvaWrangell uye vakatora chikamu.

Asi apo Alaska yakatengwa kubva kuRussia kune yakakurumbira "Seward's Folly" yakabvumirana muna 1867, imwe imwe firamu yaizofanira kubhururuka kubva pachigaro chaWrangell, akatumidzwa zita raBaron von Wrangel wekambani yeRussian-America iyo yakatanga nzvimbo yacho. Imwe nguva maAmerica ainge agadzira kuitika kwemauto muguta racho, mureza weUnited States of America wakamhanya uye wakazvikudza, uchiita huwandu hwechina hunosimudzirwa mureza pamakore makumi mana apfuura.

Zvichida munhu anonyanya kupenya kuti aongorore nyika yakapoteredza Wrangell aiva nyanzvi yemuzhinji John Muir, ane zvinyorwa zvinokonzera kushamwaridzana kwevanhu vanofambira, kunyange nhasi.

Muir akauya kuWrangell Island nguva yekutanga muna 1879, uye haana kufadzwa zvikuru nemasango akaoma uye makungwa makuru. Kunyange zvakadaro, akaenderera mberi ndokukwira ndokukwira nenzira yepamurenje yechitsuwa ichi pamwe nemvura. Iti Stikine akaita kuti aonekwe, Muir achidana Big Stikine Glacier "akafara, mvura zhinji," kusiyana nezvose zvaakamboona.

Wakanetseka zvakakwana kuti ushanyire? Wrangell's office bureau vanogona kupa nhanho yakazara yeAlaska vashanyi, zvisinei kuti zvinodiwa zviri mumhuka dzesango, hove, kana Tlingit tsika.

Vafambi vari kutsvaga nzvimbo yega yega uye nzvimbo dzakanaka vachafara kugara muGree View Bed and breakfast , iri makiromita kubva kuguta uye chikepe chiteshi. Nekicheni chakazara, makamuri matatu ekurara akasiyana, muimba yekurarisa, uye maonero akajeka pamusoro pezwi rinopfuura, Grand View rinorarama kune zita rayo.

O, uye usakanganwa zvingwa zvekuzorora izvo zvichaita kuti rimwe zuva rive rakanaka.

Vashanyi vazhinji vanouya kuWrangell kuzoona Stikine River, uye kuiona iwe uchishandisa rubatsiro rweAlaska Waters charter company, uchishandisa zvikepe zvejet nekanyatsotora maitiro kuitira kuti vashandise marita ejecha. Tora kuenda kumagetsi, tarisa shumba dzegungwa, kana kushanyira AnAn Wildlife Observatory kuti uone bhuru dema uye madema kudyisa pane salmon.

Tlingit nhoroondo inogona kunzwisiswa kuburikidza neElaska Waters mutambo wezvetsika, apo rwendo rwakaenda kune vekare Chief Shakes House rinomiririra mumwe mukudha, doro, uye nhau dzinotangira zvizvarwa zvekare.

Usakanganwa kutora makwidza kuGomo reDewey, kunyanya munaJuly, apo bhuruu rakasvibirira rakatarisana nemigwagwa uye dzimwe nguva kudzivisa kuuya kwechokwadi pamusangano. Zvakakosha kuedza kuenda, zvisinei, sezvibereko zvepamusoro maonero makuru eWrangell, makomo akakomberedza, uye nguva yakawanda yeAlaska Marine Highway ferry iri kupfuura.