Into yokuqala oyibonayo kukuphakama kwecawa. Kubonakala phantse njengombonakalo, indawo encinci emhlophe inyuka isuka kwindunduma emnyama, eluhlaza okomnyama, imayile kwimayile yehlathi le-spruce. Uhlikihla amehlo akho, jonga kwakhona, ucofa isitshizi esinetyuwa seGulf of Maine. Ewe ikhona, la spike emhlophe, ikhula ngokuba nkulu njengoko isikhephe sakho sisiya ngokucothayo kufutshane nesiqithi.
Iliwa le-12-square-mile e-Penobscot Bay, Isle au Haut (Isiqithi esiphakamileyo) sesinye seziqithi ezisempuma eUnited States. Iyabizwa EYE-la-HOH, Igama laseMelika elinikwe ngumhloli wamazwe uSamuel de Champlain ngo-1604- kodwa esiqhelo libhekisa kuso njengesiqithi.
Ndiyinxalenye yokungena kwamaxesha ebhaluni Isle au Haut abemi basehlotyeni nganye, ekubeni banikwe ithamsanqa nelungelo lokuzalwa kusapho olunosolusapho wase-Boston-utata kamama-wathenga, kwii-60s zakuqala, indlu town, Oko kukuthi, isandwich phakathi kwe Ivenkile yeSiqithi kunye neposi yeminuscule, ngaphakathi kwendlebe ngeentsimbi zecawa yangeCawa.
Isle au Haut yindawo ekhoyo, ngeendlela ezininzi, ngaphandle kwexesha, indawo evuza iziyolo ezicothayo. Ngokwenene. Umntu akanako ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwindlela enye yeemayile ezili-12 ephambuka esiqithini: ngelixa umda wesantya, ngokusesikweni, ziimayile ezingama-20 ngeyure kwisahlulo esifutshane esenziwe ngeenyawo, uya kuba nzima ukufumana nabani na oqhuba ngokukhawuleza. Ukwenza njalo kumacandelo angacetywanga kunokuba ngumnqweno wokufa, kunye nokuhlanjwa okumangazayo xa ujikeleze ukugoba kunye namatye ajikiweyo anyuka emhlabeni ogcweleyo.
Isikhephe seLobster esixhonywe kunxweme lweIsle de Haut, eMaine Ityala: Iqela leMifanekiso yeLizwe ngeGetty ImagesE-Isle au Haut, umhlaba ufuna ukunyuka: sihamba, sihamba ngeebhayisikile ezidiniweyo, kwaye siqhuqha kancinci kwiifoto ezinomhlwa. Sithi chu ngokubhexa kancinci okanye sidadele emqolo Idama elide , intsomi ye-mile emide ye-pristine, amanzi amnandi agutyungelwe yi-firs apho unokuva khona ukuwa kwamaza olwandle. Iindlela ezininzi ezenziwe ngamaplanga ezikhokelela kumbindi wesiqithi nangaphandle kweendawo ezinamatye amakhulu zifuna ukunyathela okuzinzileyo kunye nesantya esilinganisiweyo. Phezu kwamanzi, izikhephe ze-lobster chug, amaphini okuloba isikhephe emanzini.
Kangangeenkulungwane ngaphambi kokuba kuthiwe igama lesiFrancophone, Isiqithi sasiyinkampu yokuloba yabemi bemveli basePenobscot Abenaki kunye nabantu basePassamaquoddy, abathi bavuna umvuzo wamanzi anzulu, abandayo ajikeleze isiqithi, phakathi kweyona ndawo intle yokuloba emantla mpuma. Kodwa banyathela kancinci. Iziduli zoonokrwece - emva kwamatheko asuka e-Isle au Haut kwizitena zodaka nezityebileyo-zibandakanya uninzi lweerekhodi zezinto zakudala abazishiyileyo.
Kodwa uphuhliso lwaqala njengeeScots, iBrits, kunye nabalobi abasuka kwilizwekazi - uninzi lwenzala yabo lusahleli phakathi kwabahlali besiqithi unyaka wonke - baqala ukuhlala kwesi siqithi ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-18. Benza ikakhulu ukulima nokuloba njengempilo yabo. Umhlaba wawutyebile kwaye ugcinwe kakuhle, amanzi ephethe iintlanzi ezininzi, kunye ne-lobster cannery eyavulwa ngo-1860 ukuze kulungiswe i-glutal ye-crustaceans.
Akuzange kube kudala ngaphambi kokuba izityebi zasezidolophini zifumanise isiQithi. U-Ernest Bowditch, umakhi we-landscape kwisangqa se-Olmsted, watsalwa kwi-Isle au Haut kunye nokuthula, wathenga umhlaba omkhulu ngo-1880. Apho, wasungula ikholoni yehlobo ebizwa ngokuba yi Indawo yokuKhangela iklabhu . IPoint, njengoko isaziwa njalo, ihlala emhlabeni onamatye, izibuko elikhuselweyo, kunye nenduli ebajongileyo bobabini. Iklabhu-igcwele abasebenzi babucala, iinkundla zentenetya, i-clubhouse-cum-hotel, kunye ne-pier konke okwazo-basebenze nzima ukuze bazihlule kuluntu lonyaka wonke. Ibe ngumasipala owahlukileyo obizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuba yiLookout, iMaine, eneposi kunye nekhowudi ye-ZIP. Ngo-1906, i U-Ellsworth waseMelika , iphepha lase-Mainland, ebizwa ngokuba yiPoint Maine yeyona ndawo ikhethekileyo yokuHlala ehlotyeni, Ukuqaphela ukuba abahlali bayo babephakathi kwegazi eli-bluest laseBoston, batsaleleke kwisiqithi se-The Island sendalo yobuntombi kunye nokuphila okulula.
Isikhephe seLobster esixhonywe kunxweme lweIsle de Haut, eMaine Ityala: Iqela leMifanekiso yeLizwe ngeGetty Images