I-Wrangell ingamakhilomitha angama-90 kuphela enyakatho yeKetchikan kodwa izwa umhlaba wonke, futhi ngezinye izindlela. Efinyeleleka ngesikebhe noma ezindiza, i-Wrangell iyisibonelo esiyingqayizivele sempilo yedolobha elincane, futhi uma ufika lapha, cishe uzobona ukuthi yi-Alaska owawuyethemba. Kutholakala eduze kweClarence Strait enhle, futhi emlonyeni we-Stikine River engajulile, iWrangell nayo ingenye yamadolobha ahlukahlukene kakhulu ozothola kuwo wonke umhlaba, ngenxa yemicimbi eminingi yomlando nabantu abathandayo.
E-Wrangell Island, ephakathi kwezwe lase-Etland nase-Etolin Island, uWrangell uye wabona inani elimangalisayo labahlali kanye nezivakashi eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Abahloli bamahhashi, abazingeli bezinwele, kanye nabafunayo begolide abafuna ukuthola leli dolobha ukuthi liyakuthanda kakhulu indlela yokuhamba ngemigwaqo kanye nokubaluleka kwezilwane zasendle njengezilwandle zasolwandle, okungahle kubulawe ngenxa yobuningi babo. Ngesikhathi abathengisi bezinwele zaseRussia bengabokuqala abaManga ukucela i-Wrangell ngokulondoloza izithakazelo zabo ngokukwakha inqaba ngo-1833, uGeorge Vancouver empeleni wayeyindoda yokuqala emhlophe ukuhamba enhlabathini kaWrangell ngenkathi kuhlolwa ukuhlolwa okusheshayo ngo-1793. Kumelwe kodwa, ngoba, iVancouver ayitholakali ukuthola umfula we-Stikine oholela kulokho manje eCanada naseBangeni Lasezintabeni.
Ngesikhathi amaRussia akha i-Fort Redoubt St. Dionysus, njengoba uWrangell ebizwa okokuqala, amaNdiya aseTlingit asekhaya afika endaweni ephakathi kwedolobha elisha endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi uShakes Island (okuthiwa yi-Chief Shakes V).
Lapha, i-Tlingit yasiza ukuphatha ubuningi bokuhweba ngamakhono abo ahlakaniphile futhi yasiza ukuhola imboni yezinwele ekubuyiseleni kwexabiso.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba leli qembu liqediwe, i- Hudson's Bay Company edumile yabonisa ukufuna isicucu saleso senzo, ehlose ukwakha okuthunyelwe kwayo ku-Stikine River.
Lapho umkhumbi wase-Hudson Bay ufika emphakathini, amakhomishana aseRussia awenqaba ukungena, ethi iBrithani ayinalo ilungelo lomhlaba. Abantu baseTlingit bajoyina inhlanhla, bethi banelungelo lokuthola ama-furs (futhi ngaleyo ndlela ithonya lokuhweba eliqhubekayo), ngakho-ke abasolwandle base-Hudson Bay babuyela eVancouver (idolobha) ukuze bacabangele izinketho zabo.
Ekugcineni, amaBrithani, amaRussia, namaTlingits afinyelela isivumelwano sokuqashisa umhlaba ngo-1840, ebiza ukukhokhwa kwezikhumba ezimbili ze-otter zokukhokha kumaRussia, nokulethwa kokudla kwamakoloni aseRussia ogwini olusentshonalanga. Kodwa abaseBrithani babone amandla okusebenza kukaWrangell futhi bathatha lo mkhiqizo.
Kodwa lapho i-Alaska ithengwa eRussia emdumeni owaziwa ngokuthi "uSeward's Folly" ngo-1867, ifulegi elilodwa liphinde libaleke esikhundleni se-Wrangell, okuthiwa uBaron von Wrangel weNkampani yaseRussia-American eyasungula indawo. Ngesikhathi abaseMelika sebeqalile ukuba khona kwezempi edolobheni, ifulege lase-United States of America lahamba ngokuziqhenya futhi liziqhenyayo, okwenza inani elilodwa lizophakanyiswa i-flagpole eminyakeni engama-40 edlule.
Mhlawumbe umuntu obalabala kakhulu ukuhlola izwe elizungezile uWrangell wayengumvelo wemvelo uJohn Muir, obhala ngokubhala kwakhe kukhuthaza ukuzijabulisa kwabahambi, ngisho nanamuhla.
UMair wafika eWrangell Island okokuqala ngo-1879, futhi akazange amangaliswe kakhulu emahlathini amanzi nasezikhungweni zamanzi. Noma kunjalo, wagxila futhi wahamba waya ehlane le siqhingi futhi ehambisana nemifula yamanzi. I-Stikine yenze umqondo kuye, uMuir wabiza i-Big Stikine Glacier "umkhukula omkhulu, omhlophe," ngokungafani nanoma yini engakaze ibone ngaphambili.
Ukukhathazeka ngokwanele ukuvakashela? Isikhulu se-Wrangell sika- visitor singanikeza uhambo olugcwele lwezivakashi zase-Alaska, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izithakazelo zihlala emasimini asendle, ukudoba noma isiko le-Tlingit.
Abagibeli abafuna ukuhlala bodwa kanye nezwe bayakujabulela ukuhlala e- Grand View Bed and Breakfast , okuqhele ngamakhilomitha ukusuka edolobheni nasechwebeni lesikhumbi. Ikhishi eligcwele, izindlu ezintathu zokulala ezihlukene, igumbi lokuphumula, nokubukwa okuzwakalayo ngomsindo owedlule, i-Grand View ibhelela egameni layo.
O, futhi ungayinaki i-breakfastfill yokugcwalisa okuzokwenza kube nomunye usuku lwe-adventure.
Izivakashi eziningi zifika eWrangell ukuze zibone uMfula i-Stikine, futhi zikubone ngokusiza ngo- Alaska Waters charter inkampani, besebenzisa izikebhe zezindiza ezinama-shafts angenalutho ukuze zikwazi ukuhamba ngomfula we-sandy. Thatha ama-glaciers, ubheke izingonyama zasolwandle, noma uvakashele i- AnAn Wildlife Observatory ukubona izinyosi ezimnyama nezimnyama zidla nge-saumon.
Umlando we-Tlingit ungacaciswa ngokusebenzisa i-Alaska Waters ukuvakasha kwamasiko, lapho uhambo oluya ku-Chief Shakes House lasendulo lugxila omunye ekudansa, emidlalweni, nangezindaba ezivela ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Ungakhohlwa ukuthatha iNtaba yaseDewey, ikakhulukazi ngoJulayi, lapho ama-blueberries avuthiwe ehlanjululwayo futhi ngezinye izikhathi avimbele ukufika kwangempela emhlanganweni. Kuyafaneleka ukuzama ukuhamba, kodwa, njengoba isivuno esiphezulu imibono enhle kaWrangell, izintaba ezungezile, kanye nesikebhe sase- Alaska Marine Highway esasidlula.