Iindlela zonxibelelwano eCanada: Dempster Highway

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Canada Lelona lizwe likhulu eMntla Melika ngommandla womhlaba, okwesibini kwihlabathi liphela. Eyaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ngomhlaba wayo obanzi, indibaniselwano yamasiko ahlukeneyo, kunye nembali enezinto ezininzi, iCanada yindawo enkulu yabakhenkethi kunye nelinye lawona mazwe atyebileyo emhlabeni.

Kule nkalo, eli lizwe likhulu linezixhobo ezibanzi zendlela kummandla wayo. Enye yazo yi Umendo wendlela iDempster nguhola wendlela onqumla kwintlango esezantsi kwe-arctic emantla e-Yukon Territory usinge kumantla ntshona eCanada.

Ngexesha leenyanga zasebusika, uhola wendlela uhamba umgama oziikhilomitha ezili-194 ukuya eTuktoyaktuk, kunxweme olusemantla eCanada, usebenzisa izahlulo ezinomkhenkce kuMlambo iMackenzie delta njengohola wendlela omkhenkce (iTuktoyaktuk Winter Route).

Uhola wendlela unqumla uMfula i-Peel kunye neMackenzie Rivers usebenzisa indibaniselwano yeenkonzo zesikhephe zonyaka kunye neebhlorho zomkhenkce.

Uhola wendlela uqala malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-40 (25 miles) empuma yeSixeko saseDawson, eYukon kuKlondike Highway kwaye unabela kwi-736 yeekhilomitha (i-457 yeekhilomitha) ukuya e-Inuvik.

Uninzi lwendlela lulandela umkhondo wenja. Indlela le ibizwa ngegama loMhloli uWilliam John Duncan Dempster wamahashe aseMontana owathi, njengearhente eselula, wayeqhele ukuhamba ngezinja ukusuka eDawson City ukuya eFort McPherson.

U-Inspector Dempster kunye nezinye ii-arhente bathunyelwa kuhambo lokuhlangula ngo-Matshi 1911, ukuya kufumana uMhloli uFrancis Joseph Fitzgerald kwaye amadoda akhe ama-3 akazange afike eDawson City. Babelahlekile endleleni, kwaye bafa ngenxa yokuvezwa kunye nendlala. Imizimba kaDempster kunye namadoda akhe yafunyanwa ngo-Matshi 22, 1911.

Ngo-1958, urhulumente waseCanada wenza isigqibo ngembali yokwakha uhola wendlela oyi-671-kilomitha (417-mile) entlango yeArctic ukusuka eDawson City ukuya e-Inuvik. Kwaye kukuba ioyile kunye nokuhlolwa kwegesi kwakukhula eMackenzie Delta kwaye idolophu yase-Inuvik yayisakhiwa.

I-Dempster Highway ivulwe ngokusesikweni nge-18 ka-Agasti ka-1979, ivulwa ngemizila emibini, kwahlalwa igrabile, kuso nasiphi na isikhululo sendlela esibaleka iikhilomitha ezingama-671 (417 miles) ukusuka eKlondike Highway kufutshane naseDawson City ukuya eFort McPherson naseArctic. KwiMimandla ekuMantla-ntshona.

Uyilo lwendlela lwahlukile, ikakhulu ngenxa yeemeko zomzimba ezixineneyo. Indlela ngokwayo ihleli ngaphezulu kweberm yegrabile ukwahlula i-permafrost emazantsi omhlaba. Ubunzima boluhlu lwegrabile lususela kwi-1,2 m (3 ft 11 in) ukuya kwi-2,4 m (7 ft 10 in) kwezinye iindawo. Ngaphandle kwephedi, i-permafrost yayiya kunyibilika kwaye indlela yayiya kuzika emhlabeni.


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