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NEWFOUNDLAND

AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 34/99

Redfir

Lake

Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve Order, 1999

under the

Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

(O.C. 99-137)

(Filed April 5, 1999)

Under the authority of

section 18 of the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Order.

Dated at

St. Johns

March 29, 1999

John R. Cummings, Q.C.

Deputy Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

Short title

Area included

Management plan outline

CNR 1096/96 Rep.

Schedule A

Schedule B

Short title

These Regulations may be cited as the

Redfir

Lake

Kapitagas Channel Ecological Reserve Order, 1999

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Area included

The area included in

Redfir

Lake

Kapitagas Channel Reserve is set out in

Schedule A.

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Management plan outline

An outline of the

Redfir

Lake

Kapitagas Channel Reserve Management Plan is set out in

Schedule B.

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CNR 1096/96 Rep.

The Redfir Lake Kapitagas Channel Provisional Ecological Reserve Order

, Consolidated Newfoundland Regulation 1096/96, is repealed.

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Schedule A

PART I

Northern Portion

All that area of

Labrador

in the province, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say:

Beginning at a point on the tip of a peninsula in

Ashuanipi

Lake

having approximate UTM co-ordinates of 5,819,630 metres north by 695,590 metres east;

Then from the point of beginning following in a straight line south 24 52' east a distance of 10,118 metres, more or less, to the top of a hill having approximate co-ordinates of 5,810,450 metres north by 699,845 metres east;

Then running south 28 16' east a distance of 7,074 metres, more or less, to the top of a hill having approximate co-ordinates of 5,804,220 metres north by 696,495 metres east;

Then running north 28 07' west a distance of 18,883 metres, more or less, to the outflow of a small stream into Ashuanipi Lake having approximate co-ordinates of 5,820,875 metres north by 687,595 metres east;

Then following the shoreline of a portion of Ashuanipi Lake in a general easterly direction crossing a river delta and continuing along the shoreline to the tip of a small peninsula having approximate co-ordinates of 5,819,500 metres north by 690,500 metres east;

Then running north 88 30' east a distance of 4,992 metres, more or less, to the point of commencement.

Containing an area of approximately 7,915 hectares.

PART II

Southern Portion

All that area of

Labrador

in the province, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say:

Beginning at a point on the western bank of the Kapitagas Channel having approximate UTM co-ordinates of 5,797,150 metres north by 699,810 metres east;

Then following the shoreline of Redfir Lake in a general southerly direction to an unnamed brook having approximate co-ordinates of 5,795,150 metres north by 700,450 metres east;

Then following that unnamed brook in a general westerly direction to a point having approximate co-ordinates of 5,795,170 metres north by 699,150 metres east;

Then running north 4 33' west a distance of 1,885 metres, more or less, to a point on the northern tip of a small lake having approximate co-ordinates of 5,797,050 metres north by 699,000 metres east;

Then running north 82 58' east a distance of 816 metres, more or less, to the point of commencement;

Containing an area of approximately 318 hectares.

All point bearings are referenced to grid north based on the UTM Projection with the central meridian of 57 west longitude, North American Datum, 1927.

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Schedule B

The area known as

Redfir

Lake

Kapitagas Channel in southwestern

Labrador

is established as an ecological reserve to preserve the provinces only natural stands of Jack Pine for scientific and educational purposes.

In order to accomplish this, there will be no removal of Jack Pine from the sites except under specific permit and there will be no development within the reserve.

Scientific research at these sites will be encouraged and educational use will be permitted where it does not conflict with the general purpose of preservation and scientific research.

Traditional activities, such as hunting, trapping, fishing, camping and snowmobiling, which do not threaten the survival of the Jack Pine will be permitted to continue.

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