NLR 9/97 - King George IV Ecological Reserve Order, 1997 under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 9/97 King George IV Ecological Reserve Order, 1997 under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act (O.C. 96-921 & 96-922) Amended by: 2001 c42 s45 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 9/97 King George IV Ecological Reserve Order, 1997 under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act (O.C. 96-921 & 96-922) (Filed January 13, 1997) 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 , December 10, 1996 . Wayne Green for the Deputy Clerk of the Executive Council ORDER Analysis 1. Short title 2. Area included 3. Management plan outline 4. Repeal Schedule A Schedule B Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the King George IV Ecological Reserve Order, 1997 . 9/97 s1 Back to Top Area included 2. The area included in the King George IV Ecological Reserve is as set out in Schedule A. 9/97 s2 Back to Top Management plan outline 3. An outline of the King George IV Ecological Reserve Management Plan is as set out in Schedule B. 9/97 s3 Back to Top Repeal 4. The King George IV Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve Order , Consolidated Newfoundland Regulation 1094/96, is repealed. 9/97 s4 Back to Top Schedule A All that piece or parcel of land being a part of the Long Range Mountains , south of King George IV Lake , in the electoral district of Burgeo and LaPoile, abutted as follows: Beginning at a point on the tip of a peninsula in the southern shoreline of King George IV Lake and having co-ordinates of 5,336,430 metres north and 435,575 metres east; Then from the point of beginning running in a straight line, south 0° 36 east, a distance of 2,860 metres, more or less, to a point at the junction of 2 brooks; Then running south 83° 37 west, a distance of 1,650 metres, more or less, to a point on the eastern bank of river flowing into King George IV Lake ; Then running north 78° 56 west, a distance of 4,376 metres, more or less, to a point on the top of a hill; Then running north 31° 35 west, a distance of 1,174 metres, more or less, to a point at the western end of a small lake; Then running north 8° 59 west, a distance of 800 metres, more or less, to a point on the southern bank of Lloyds River ; Then running north 76° 28 east, a distance of 4,145 metres, more or less, to a point at the outflow on the southern end of a small pond; Then running south 83° 45 east, a distance of 2,485 metres, more or less to the tip of a small peninsula on the north shore of King George IV Lake; Then running south 27° 56 east, more or less a distance of 373 metres to the point of commencement and containing an area of 1,841 hectares. All bearings refer to grid north, based on the UTM Projection with a central meridian of 57° west longitude, North American Datum, 1927. 9/97 Sch A Back to Top Schedule B Outline of King George IV Ecological Reserve Management Plan The area known as King George IV delta, on the southwestern edge of the Lloyds Lake System, southwestern Newfoundland and Labrador , is established as an ecological reserve to preserve one of the largest undisturbed delta systems on the island and a representative portion of the Central Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Ecoregion. The area is set aside to provide for scientific and educational purposes. To accomplish this there will be no removal of wild life, plants or other material from the site except under scientific permit, and there will be no development within the reserve. Scientific research will be encouraged and educational use will be permitted where it does not conflict with the general objectives of preservation and scientific research. Recreational activities such as hiking and canoeing will be permitted. 9/97 Sch B; 2001 c42 s45 ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer (Includes Reprints of January 31, 1997, p.51 and March 27, 1997, p.419.)