Njengoba i-Frances Lake yenziwe ngokufudumala kweqhwa ngesikhathi sokugcina, i-lake elikhulu kunazozonke eningizimu-ntshonalanga Yukon . Izandla zalo zomabili zihlangene ngendlela efana ne-V nge-labyrinthine elula yeziqhingi nezigumbane ezibizwa ngokuthi amaNarrows; futhi ogwini lwawo luphethwe yi-creeks, imifula kanye nama-glassy bays. Ngaphandle kwemphetho yamanzi, ihlumela elincane elinamanzi lihlukanisa leli chibi ezivela ezintabeni ezikude. Ukudweba kwezilwandle okuthakazelisayo kwenza kube yindawo yokuphila kwezilwane zasendle; kanye nemiphefumulo enomdlandla efisa ukuzicwilisa ebuhleni obukude besifunda.
Umlando kaFrances Lake
I-Frances Lake yafinyelela kalula emgwaqweni ngemuva kokuqedwa kweCampbell Highway ngo-1968. Ngaphambi kwalokho, indlela eyedwa yokufinyelela echibini yayiyizindiza-nangaphambi kwalokho, ngesikebhe noma ngezinyawo. Noma kunjalo, abantu baye bahlala endaweni ezungeze iFrances Lake iminyaka engaba ngu-2 000 (nakuba ngaleso sikhathi, leli chibi laziwa ngegama lendabuko, iTu Cho, noma Amanzi Akulu). Leli gama labiwe ngabantu baseKaska First Nation abakhele amakamu okudoba okwesikhashana ngasogwini lolwandle, futhi bancike ezilwaneni zabo zasendle ezinamandla ukuze basinde.
Abantu baseYurophu baqala ukufika eFrances Lake ngo-1840, lapho uhambo oluholwa nguRobert Campbell lukhunjulwa ngasogwini lwayo ngenkathi lufuna umgwaqo wokuhweba owenzela i Yukon egameni le-Hudson's Bay Company. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uCampbell namadoda akhe baqala ukuthunyelwa kwezokuhweba kuqala kweNkampani ngasentshonalanga yeFrances Lake Narrows.
Banika isizwe sokuqala abantu izikhali, izinhlamvu nezinye izimpahla ngokushintshanisa ama-furs uKaska avuna kuwo. Ngaleso sikhathi uCampbell wanikeza leli gama igama layo lasentshonalanga, ngokuhlonipha umbusi wenkampani yeNkampani.
Ukungqubuzana nezizwe eziyisizwe ezizungezile kanye nobunzima bokunikezela ekamu ngamalungiselelo kwaholela eNkampanini ukushiya isikhundla ngo-1851.
Eminyakeni eyalandela, uFrances Lake wabona abambalwa ngaphandle kwezivakashi-kuhlanganise nososayensi waseCanada uGeorge Mercer Dawson, nabangenayo yegolide lekhulu le-19 beya eKlondike. Igolide lafunyanwa eFrances Lake ngokwalo ngo-1930, futhi eminyakeni emine kamuva kwatholakala isiteshi sesibili se-Hudson's Bay Company. Kodwa-ke, ukwakhiwa kwe-Alaska Highway ngokushesha kwaholela ekutheni umgwaqo omdala wokuhweba awubalulekile, futhi leli chibi laphinde lashiywa kumadivayisi alo.
I-Frances Lake Wilderness Lodge
Namuhla, izakhamuzi kuphela ezihlala njalo emgodini waseFrances Lake yiMartin no-Andrea Laternser, umbhangqwana ozalelwa eSwitzerland ophethe futhi ugijima uFrances Lake Wilderness Lodge. I-lodge, eseduze nomngcele oseningizimu wesandla sentshonalanga, yasungulwa njengendawo yokuhlala yangasese yizidingo zamaDanish ngesi-1968. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, uye wanda ukuze ibe yindawo yokuthula nokuthula kulabo abafuna ukubalekela ukuhamba okumatasa ukuphila ngaphandle kweNyakatho yeNyakatho yaseCanada. Iqukethe indawo yokulala ekhululekile nezivakashi ezinhlanu zezivakashi, zonke eziqoshiwe ezivela emapuleni asendaweni futhi zizungezwe ihlathi langempela.
Okudala kunazo zonke yi-Bay Cabin, eyayiyingxenye yokuthunyelwa kwezokuhweba kwe-Hudson's Bay Company eyayishiye ikhulu lama-20 ngaphambi kokuba idluliselwe ngaphesheya kwechibi.
Zonke lezi zinkampani zithandana ngothando, zinezibhebhe ezinamathele ezinamandla kakhulu, indlu yangasese enezicabha kanye nesitofu sokukhuni ukuze kutholakale ukushisa emini yaseYukon kusihlwa. Amanzi ashisayo atholakale ekamelweni elilodwa eliphelele eligcwele i-sauna yakhe ekhuni ngokhuni; kuyilapho igumbi eliyinhloko liyisihlalo somfudumalo lapho umuntu angakwazi khona ukuphumula phambi komlilo ngenkathi esebenzisa umtapo ogcwele izincwadi zeYukon.
Indawo yokulala inezinkomba ezimbili ezivelele. Omunye umbono okhangayo kusuka emgodini, wezintaba ezigejimayo kubonakala esibukweni sechibi. Ekuseni nasebusuku, izintaba zithinteka nge-dusky pink noma i-flame-ekhanyayo, futhi ezinsukwini ezicacile zichazwe ngokucacile ngokulandelana kwesikhala esibhakabhaka esibhakabhaka. Okuqakathekile kwesibili yizikhulu ze-lodge ezingenakubungane. Njengezintaba eziphumelelayo kanye nodokotela wezesayensi yemvelo, uMartin uyigunya lokuphila ezindaweni ezithinta kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nomthombo wezindaba ezingenakubalwa ezithakazelisayo.
U-Andrea ungumlusi ekhishini, ekhonza ukudla okuyisitayela okuphekwe ngokugcoba.
Izinto Okuzokwenziwa Esigodini
Uma ungakwazi ukuhudula kude nenduduzo uqobo, kunezindlela eziningi zokuhlola indawo ezungezile. Inqubo yokuhumusha ehlathini ikutshela ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezitshalo zokwelapha nezondlekile ezikhula zasendle ezungeze uFrances Lake. Ungasebenzisa ama-Kayaks kanye nezikebhe ezihambele ngasogwini lolwandle ukuhlola izindawo eziningi nezindawo zokuzimela ngokuzimela, noma ungabuza uMartin ukuthi akunike uhambo oluqondisiwe (mhlawumbe ngesikebhe noma ngesikebhe). Lezi zivakashi zinikeza ithuba lokuvakashela i-Hudson's Bay Company post yokuhweba, ukuthatha izithombe ezinhle zendawo yokudoba noma ukubuka izilwane zasendle ezihlala kuzo.
Izinyoni nezilwane ezabelana ngemvelo ye-Frances Lake zihamba ngokuzulazula, futhi akekho okushiwo lokho ongakubona. Izilwane ezincelisayo ezincane ezinjengezigulangwe, izinambuzane, ama-beaver kanye nama-otters zivamile, kuyilapho i-moose ivame ukudla ngokudla emgodini. Yize kunjalo, amabhere ne-lynx bahlala kule ndawo futhi izimpisi zivame ukuzwa ebusika. Ukuphila kwezinyoni lapha kuyamangalisa, futhi. Ehlobo, ama-eagles amabili aphakamisa izingane zawo esiqhingini esiseduze ne-lodge, kuyilapho ama-flotillas e-loon ajwayelekile ehamba amanzi emachibi. Abadobi banethuba lokubheka i-Arctic gray-grey, i-pike esenyakatho ne-lake trout.
Isikhathi Sokuvakashela
Isikhathi esiyinhloko se-lodge siqala kusukela phakathi noJuni kuya ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba, futhi inyanga ngayinye inezinzuzo zayo ezihlukile. NgoJuni, amazinga aphezulu wamanzi avumela ukufinyeleleka kalula ngisho nasezindaweni ezingavamile kakhulu, futhi ilanga alishintshi phansi ngezansi ebusuku. Izinambuzane ziningi ngalesi sikhathi, noma kunjalo, futhi zigcine ngoJulayi-inyanga efudumele kakhulu, futhi isikhathi esihle kakhulu sokubona ama-eagles ama-bald. Ngo-Agasti, ubusuku buba mnyama futhi ubuyane buqala ukufa-namanqanaba amanzi aphansi akuvumela ukuba uhambe eduze kolwandle lolwandle. USepthemba ubanda, kodwa uletha inkazimulo yemibala yokuwa kanye nethuba lokufakazela ukufuduka kwe-cramp sandhill yonyaka.
I-lodge ivaliwe izingxenye zobusika, nakuba ukuhlala kungenzeka phakathi kuka-Febhuwari kuze kuphele uMashi. Ngalesi sikhathi, leli chibi ligcwele iqhwa futhi izwe liboshwe ngeqhwa. Ubusuku bude futhi buvame ukubhekwa yiNyakatho yeLibani , futhi imisebenzi ivela e-snow-shoeing kuya ekudumeni kwezwe.
Ukufika kuFrances Lake
Kusuka enhloko-dolobha yaseYukon, i-Whitehorse, indlela esheshayo yokufinyelela eFrances Lake yizindiza ezindizayo. Lezindiza yinto eyaziwa ngayo kodwa nayo iyabiza-ngakho labo abanesikhathi sokunakekela bangakhetha ukuhamba ngomgwaqo. I-lodge ingahle ihlele i-minivan pick-up esuka e-Whitehorse noma e-Watson Lake, noma ungaqasha imoto kunalokho. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, uzoshayela egumbini laseFrances Lake, lapho uzoshiya imoto yakho ngaphambi kokuhamba yonke indlela eya endaweni yokulala ngebhayisikili. Thintana noMartin noma u-Andrea ngaphambi kwesikhathi sokusiza ukuhlela ezokuthutha, kanye nemininingwane yemigwaqo emithathu ekhona evela eWhiteehorse. Okufishane kuthatha amahora angaba ngu-8, ngaphandle kokuyeka.