Withdrawal from Disposal Order (East Arm of Great Slave Lake National Park — Great Slave Lake, N.W.T.)

Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Northwest Territories His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands Act, hereby repeals the Withdrawal from Disposal Order, made by Order in Council P.C. 1970-526 of March 24, 1970a, and makes the annexed Order respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain lands in the Northwest Territories. SOR/70-119, 1970 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 389 This Order may be cited as the Withdrawal from Disposal Order (East Arm of Great Slave Lake National Park — Great Slave Lake, N.W.T.). The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal to establish a proposed national park on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake National Park, Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories. Subject to section 4, the lands described in the schedule are withdrawn from disposal. Section 3 does not apply in respect of existing located or recorded mineral claims or prospecting permits in good standing acquired under the Canada Mining Regulations; existing rights in good standing created pursuant to section 8 of the Territorial Lands Act or under the Territorial Lands Regulations; rights to obtain a surface lease on existing located or recorded mineral claims acquired pursuant to section 8 of the Territorial Lands Act or under the Territorial Lands Regulations; existing permits, special renewal permits and leases in good standing acquired under the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations; existing permits in good standing acquired under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations; existing rights, permits and interests granted under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; existing rights issued pursuant to the Territorial Coal Regulations or the Territorial Dredging Regulations or pursuant to the Forest Management Act of the Northwest Territories; and interests in lands described in Exhibit 2 of the Acquisition Agreement, dated May 5, 1988, among Her Majesty in right of Canada, the Northern Canada Power Commission, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation. ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and land covered by water situate, lying and being at Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and being more particularly described as follows, all topographic features hereinafter referred to being according to the Artillery Lake map sheet number 75 N.W. and 75 N.E. produced in 1966, at a scale of 1:500,000 by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, at Ottawa, Ontario; COMMENCING at a point on the northeasterly bank of McLeod Bay of Great Slave Lake at the westerly extremity of a point of land at approximate latitude 62° 50′ 20″ and longitude 109° 12′ 30″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line about six tenths of a mile to a peak marked by National Topographic Survey Station “Frost”, being a signal and drill hole at approximate latitude 62° 50′ 34″ and longitude 109° 11′ 26″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line to Geodetic Survey Monument “Wye”, being a triangulation tablet cemented into rock and stamped 60900, at approximate latitude 62° 54′ 31″ and longitude 108° 58′ 39″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line to latitude 63° 00′ 00″ at longitude 108° 49′ 00″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line to latitude 63° 13′ 00″ at longitude 108° 04′ 00″; THENCE northerly in a straight line to the southeasterly bank of Maufelly Bay at the point where it meets the right bank of the most easterly of two unnamed creeks at approximate latitude 63° 23′ 30″ and longitude 108° 07′ 30″; THENCE in a general northwesterly direction along the northeasterly bank of Maufelly Bay to the point where it meets the left bank of an unnamed creek at the northwesterly end of Maufelly Bay, at approximate latitude 63° 32′ 30″ and longitude 108° 27′ 30″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line to Army Survey Establishment Monument 58 S 89, being a brass plug set in a flat rock, at approximate latitude 63° 42′ 17″ and longitude 108° 03′ 08″; THENCE southeasterly in a straight line to latitude 63° 32′ 00″ at longitude 107° 36′ 00″; THENCE southerly in a straight line to latitude 63° 24′ 30″ at longitude 107° 36′ 00″; THENCE easterly in a straight line to latitude 63° 24′ 30″ at longitude 107° 30′ 00″; THENCE southerly in a straight line to latitude 63° 09′ 00″ at longitude 107° 30′ 00″; THENCE southwesterly in a straight line to latitude 63° 03′ 00″ at longitude 107° 38′ 00″; THENCE southwesterly in a straight line to Geodetic Survey Monument “Art”, being a triangulation tablet cemented into rock and stamped 60910, at approximate latitude 62° 56′ 30″ and longitude 107° 57′ 45″; THENCE southwesterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 38′ 00″ at longitude 108° 53′ 00″; THENCE northwesterly in a straight line to the point where the right bank of the unnamed creek immediately north of Glacier Creek meets the easterly bank of Charlton Bay, of Great Slave Lake, at approximate latitude 62° 42′ 10″ and longitude 108° 59′ 00″; THENCE in general northerly, northeasterly and northwesterly directions along said bank of Charlton Bay to the westerly extremity of the point of land on the southerly side of a channel at the northeasterly end of Charlton Bay, at approximate latitude 62° 47′ 20″ and longitude 108° 56′ 30″; THENCE northerly in a straight line about 700 feet to the northwesterly bank of Charlton Bay at the southerly extremity of the point of land on the northerly side of the said channel; THENCE in a general southwesterly direction along the northwesterly bank of Charlton Bay to the westerly extremity of Fairchild Point at approximate latitude 62° 43′ 20″ and longitude 109° 11′ 00″; THENCE westerly in a straight line across McLeod Bay to a peak marked by National Topographic Survey Station “Maufelly”, being a signal at approximate latitude 62° 42′ 42″ and longitude 109° 19′ 45″; THENCE westerly in a straight line to the most northerly point on the bank of New Lake, at approximate latitude 62° 42′ 40″ and longitude 109° 27′ 30″; THENCE Southwesterly in a straight line to the most easterly point on the bank of Tochatwi Bay, of Great Slave Lake, at approximate latitude 62° 40′ 20″ and longitude 109° 40′ 30″; THENCE in a general westerly direction along the northerly bank of Tochatwi Bay to the westerly extremity of a point of land on Douglas Peninsula, at approximate latitude 62° 40′ 10″ and longitude 109° 50′ 30″; THENCE southwesterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 32′ 00″ at longitude 111° 00′ 00″; THENCE southerly in a straight line to latitude 62° 28′ 00″ at longitude 111° 00′ 00″; THENCE westerly in a straight line to latitude 62° 28′ 00″ at longitude 111° 03′ 00″; THENCE southeasterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 26′ 00″ at longitude 111° 00′ 00″; THENCE southwesterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 16′ 00″ at longitude 111° 22′ 00″; THENCE northwesterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 20′ 40″ at longitude 111° 36′ 00″; THENCE westerly in a straight line to latitude 62° 20′ 40″ at longitude 111° 44′ 30″; THENCE northerly in a straight line to the northerly bank of Great Slave Lake at the southerly extremity of Sachowia Point, at approximate latitude 62° 22′ 00″ and longitude 111° 44′ 30″; THENCE in a general northeasterly direction along the last aforesaid bank to the easterly extremity of a point of land, at approximate latitude 62° 42′ 30″ and longitude 111° 22′ 00″; THENCE northeasterly in a straight line to latitude 62° 51′ 00″ at longitude 110° 47′ 00″; THENCE southerly in a straight line to the bank of Great Slave Lake at the westerly extremity of Gibraltar Point, at approximate latitude 62° 48′ 00″ and longitude 110° 47′ 00″; THENCE in a general easterly direction along the bank of Great Slave Lake on the northerly side of Kahochella Peninsula to the northerly extremity of a point of land at approximate latitude 62° 50′ 00″ and longitude 109° 58′ 00″; THENCE easterly in a straight line across McLeod Bay to the point of Commencement; TOGETHER WITH all islands, the whole or greater part of which lie within one mile of the described portions of the banks of Charlton Bay; the said parcel containing 7,337 square kilometres, more or less.