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Northwest Brook Nature Reserve Designation

made under

Section 14 of the

Special Places Protection Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 438

O.I.C. 2015-415 (December 29, 2015), N.S. Reg. 415/2015

Order approved by O.I.C. 2015-415

I, Randy Delorey, Minister of Environment for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to

Section

14 of

Chapter 438 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Special Places Protection

Act , hereby designate the area of land described in Appendix A and shown on the map attached

as Appendix B to be known as Northwest Brook Nature Reserve.

Pursuant to subsection 14(3) of the Act, this designation is effective on and after the date it is

published in the Royal Gazette, except for any portion of the land that was formerly subject to

exploration licence number 10574 issued to 3261909 Nova Scotia Limited under the Mineral

Resources Act (referred to in this Order as “excepted portion of land”).

This designation is effective for an excepted portion of land on and after the date the Minister of

Environment publishes a notice in the Royal Gazette

Part I to that effect, which shall be done

following the later of the following:

(

a) the end of 1 year after the date of the Order in Council approving this designation;

and

(

b) the date any subsequent exploration licence issued under the Mineral Resources Act

for the excepted portion of land within the 1-year period referred to in clause (a), or

any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that subsequent exploration

licence, no longer applies to the excepted portion of land as the result of the

surrender, abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation, or termination of that

subsequent exploration licence or continued mineral right.

In accordance with subsection 14(6) of the Special Places Protection Act , this designation will

be registered in the registry of deeds office for the registration district in which the lands are

situated.

Dated and made at Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia, December 4, 2015.

sgd: Randy Delorey

Honourable Randy Delorey

Minister of Environment

Appendix A

Description of Northwest Brook Nature Reserve

All and singular that certain lot, piece or parcel of land and land covered by water located in the

County of Shelburne, Province of Nova Scotia, shown outlined in bold line as Northwest Brook

Nature Reserve on Field Plot P-072/15, filed at the Surveys Division at the Department of

Natural Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and containing an area of 400 hectares more or less.

Appendix B

Map of Northwest Brook Nature Reserve