NLR 12/09 - Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Order, 2009 under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 12/09 Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Order, 2009 under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act (O.C. 2009-073) (Filed March 17, 2009 ) Under the authority of sections 21 and 22 of the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Order. Dated at St. Johns , March 17, 2009 . Gary Norris Clerk of the Executive Council ORDER Analysis 1. Short title 2. Area included 3. Outline 4. Repeal Schedule A Schedule B Short title 1. This order may be cited as the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Order, 2009 . Back to Top Area included 2. The Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is established and the area included is as set out in Schedule A. Back to Top Outline 3. An outline of the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan is as set out in Schedule B. Back to Top Repeal 4. The Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Order, Consolidated Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 1095/96, and the Mistaken Point Extension Emergency Ecological Reserve Order , 2007 , Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 32/07, are repealed. Back to Top Schedule A All that piece or parcel of land situate and being at Mistaken Point in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador , in the Electoral District of Ferryland, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a point having coordinates of east 327,333 metres and north 5,173,223 metres, and being in the westerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, leading to Cape Race; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 50 metres, more or less, to a point on the easterly shoreline of Trepassey Bay, at low tide, having coordinates of east 327,278 metres and north 5,173,236 metres; Then running along the sinuosities of the easterly shoreline of Trepassey Bay, at low tide, in a general easterly direction to a point on the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean having coordinates of east 337,770 metres and north 5,167,135 metres; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 50 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 337,727 metres and north 5,167,156 metres; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 1,041 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 336,746 metres and north 5,167,518 metres, and being the southerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, leading to Cape Race; Then running along the southerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, in a general westerly direction to a point having coordinates of east 336,687 metres and north 5,167,506 metres; Then running along the easterly boundary of land granted by the Crown to John Neal and registered in Volume 17, Folio 52 in the Registry of Crown Grants in a general southerly direction for a distance of 130 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 336,635 metres and north 5,167,387 metres; Then running in a general northwesterly direction along the southerly boundary of that land granted by the Crown to John Neal for a distance of 375 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 336,262 metres and north 5,167,438 metres; Then running in a general southwesterly direction along the southerly boundary of land granted by the Crown to William Martin and registered in Volume 18, Folio 68 in the Registry of Crown Grants for a distance of 200 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 336,078 metres and north 5,167,357 metres; Then running along the westerly boundary of that land, granted by the Crown to John Neal, in a general northerly direction for a distance of 107 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 336,095 metres and north 5,167,463 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 816 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 335,280 and north 5,167,419 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 1381 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 334,355 metres and north 5,166,393 metres; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 3,895 metres, more or less, to a point in the centre of a brook, that point having coordinates of east 330,587 metres and north 5,167,390 metres; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 910 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 330,195 metres and north 5,168,211 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 49 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,215 metres and north 5,168,253 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 100 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,274 metres and north 5,168,335 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 146 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,307 metres and north 5,168,477 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 173 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,351 metres and north 5,168,644 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 82 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,397 metres and north 5,168,712 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 300 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 330,505 metres and north 5,168,993 metres, and being in the southerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, leading to Cape Race ; Then running along the southerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, in a general north westerly direction to a point having coordinates east 328,523 metres and north 5,171,214 metres, and being at the point of intersection of the westerly limit of the road with the southerly bank of Drook River; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 93 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 328,432 metres and north 5,171,231 metres; Then running along the top of an embankment in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 80 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates of east 328,395 metres and north 5,171,299 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 45 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 328,433 metres and north 5,171,322 metres, and being in the westerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, leading to Cape Race; Then running along the westerly limit of the road, 20 metres wide, in a general north westerly direction to the point of beginning; The above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 5.7 km², more or less. Reserving and excepting nevertheless out of the above described piece or parcel of land, however, all those pieces or parcels of land lawfully alienated from the Crown. Also, r eserving out of the above described parcel of land, the Watern Cove Trail, 1.25 metres on both sides of the centreline, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a point having coordinates east 336,092 and north 5,167,445 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 169 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,996 metres and north 5,167,306 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 171 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,837 metres and north 5,167,243 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 328 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,506 metres and north 5,167,250 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 192 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,314 metres and north 5,167,292 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 186 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,191 metres and north 5,167,155 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 277 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 335,114 metres and north 5,166,887 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 182 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,957 metres and north 5,166,796 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 227 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,838 metres and north 5,166,603 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 60 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,783 metres and north 5,166,610 metres; the above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 0.004612 km², more or less. Also reserving out of the above described parcel of land, a section of land referred to as Parcel 1, as abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a point having coordinates east 334,777 metres and north 5,166,608 metres; Then running in a general south westerly direction for a distance of 5 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,775 metres and north 5,166,604 metres; Then running in a general easterly direction for a distance of 4 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,779 metres and north 5,166,603 metres; Then running in a general north easterly direction for a distance of 7 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,783 metres and north 5,166,609 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction, following the Watern Cove Trail, while maintaining a distance of 1.25 metres south of the centreline for a distance of 6 metres, more or less, to the point of beginning; the above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 0.000024 km², more or less. Also reserving out of the above described parcel of land, a section of land referred to as Parcel 2, as abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a point having coordinates east 334,777 metres and north 5,166,610 metres; Then running in a general north westerly direction for a distance of 36 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,750 metres and north 5,166,633 metres; Then running in a general westerly direction for a distance of 16 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,734 metres and north 5,166,634 metres; Then running in a general southerly direction for a distance of 31 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,729 metres and north 5,166,603 metres; Then running in a general easterly direction for a distance of 31 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,760 metres and north 5,166,601 metres; Then running in a general northerly direction for a distance of 4 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,759 metres and north 5,166,604 metres; Then running in a general easterly direction for a distance of 19 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,777 metres and north 5,166,608 metres; Then running in a general northerly direction for a distance of 2.5 metres to the point of beginning; the above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 0.001006 km², more or less. Also reserving out of the above described parcel of land, the Berry Pickers Trail, 1.25 metres on both sides of the centreline, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a point having coordinates east 334,612 metres and north 5,166,677 metres; Then running in a general southerly direction for a distance of 66 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,636 metres and north 5,166,616 metres; Then running in a general south easterly direction for a distance of 69 metres, more or less, to a point having coordinates east 334,678 metres and north 5,166,562 metres; the above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 0.000343 km², more or less. Also reserving out of the above described parcel of land, a section of land referred to as Parcel 3, as abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say: A circular parcel with its centre having coordinates east 334,396 metres and north 5,165,916 metres and having a diameter of 16 metres; the above described parcel of land containing an area of 0.0002 km²; All coordinates are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 22, with the central meridian of 51º west longitude, North American Datum 1983. Back to Top Schedule B Outline of Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Management Plan, 2009 The area known as Mistaken Point is established as an ecological reserve to preserve the unique fossils found there. Scientific research at the site will be encouraged, and educational use will be permitted where it does not conflict with the general objectives of preservation and scientific research. Hunting, fishing, berry picking and grazing of cattle will be permitted. Some conditions may apply. The managing agency for the reserve is Parks and Natural Areas Division of the Department of Environment and Conservation. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer