The Provincial Parks, Protected Areas, Recretation …CHAPTER P-34 An Act respecting Provincial Parks, Protected Areas, Recreation Sites and Antiquities Short title 1 This Act may

The Provincial Parks, Protected Areas,

Recretation Sites and Antiquities Act

being

Chapter P-34 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978(effective February 26, 1979).

NOTE:This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation.

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1 Short title 2 Interpretation 3 Provincial parks 4 Protected areas 5 Alteration of provincial parks or protected areas 6 Recreation sites 7 Acquisition and control of lands for certain purposes 8 Expropriation of lands by Crown 9 Administration10 Park management11 Use of parks and protected areas12 Prohibition respecting excavation of certain objects13 Prohibition respecting destruction of certain objects14 Permits under section 12 or 1315 Certain objects are property of Crown

16 Restriction on disposal of certain objects17 Procedure where prehistoric or historic remains

threatened with damage by commercial or other operations

18 Power to enter into agreements providing for facilities and services

19 Historic sites, etc.20 Regulations21 Interpretation, “officer of the department”, powers of22 Powers of officer of the department or member of the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police to arrest and seize23 Power of member of the Royal Canadian Mounted

Police to search without warrant24 Offences25 Penalties

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CHAPTER P-34An Act respecting Provincial Parks, Protected Areas,

Recreation Sites and AntiquitiesShort title

1 This Act may be cited as The Provincial Parks, Protected Areas, Recretation Sites and Antiquities Act.

R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.1.

Interpretation2 In this Act:

“Crown”(a) “Crown” means Her Majesty the Queen in the right of Saskatchewan;

“department”(b) “department” means the department presided over by the minister;

“historic site”(c) “historic site” means any building, structure, object or area that is significant in the history or culture of the province;

“minister”(d) “minister” means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being is assigned the administration of this Act;

“municipal authority”(e) “municipal authority” means a hamlet, village, town, city, rural municipality or local improvement district or a northern community area in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District;

“provincial forest”(f) “provincial forest” means a provincial forest created by The Forest Act;

“provincial lands”(g) “provincial lands” means provincial lands as defined in The Provincial Lands Act.

1973-74, c.84, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.2.

Provincial parks3 The provincial lands described in schedule A are continued as provincial parks and are dedicated to the people of Saskatchewan and visitors to Saskatchewan to be used by them for healthful enjoyment and for the cultural, educational and social benefits that may be derived therefrom.

1973-74, c.84, s.3; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.3.

Protected areas4 The provincial lands described in schedule Bare continued as protected areas for the purpose of protecting and preserving therein their scenic, historic or scientific interest or significance.

1973-74, c.84, s.3; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.4.

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Alteration of provincial parks or protected areas5(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order add to any provincial park described in schedule A or protected area described in schedule B any provincial lands not included in any provincial park or protected area.(2) Every order made under subsection (1) shall be published in The Saskatchewan Gazette and shall have force and effect on and from the date specified for the purpose in the order.

1973-74, c.84, s.3; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.5.

Recreation sites6(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the minister, constitute as a recreation site any area of provincial lands that he considers to be suitable for recreational purposes, and declare that all or any of the regulations governing provincial parks shall apply to that recreation site.(2) Every order made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette and shall have force and effect on and after the date specified for the purpose in the order.(3) Every recretation site constituted under subsection (1) shall be under the control of the minister and shall be preserved, developed and maintained for the use and enjoyment of the people of Saskatchewan.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.6; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.6.

Acquisition and control of lands for certain purposes7 The minister may, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council:

(a) purchase or lease or accept a gift of land or of any interest therein for the purpose of:

(i) creating additional provincial parks, protected areas or recreation sites, or for adding to any existing park, protected area or recreation site;(ii) preserving the scenic beauty of the land;

(b) authorize an exchange of provincial lands for other lands for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (a);(c) by order, regulate and control the use of land acquired for the purpose mentioned in subclause (ii) of clause (a).

1966, c.9, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.7.

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Expropriation of lands by Crown8 Where land or any interest therein is required by the Crown for the purpose of creating additional provincial parks, protected areas or recreation sites or for adding to any existing provincial park, protected area or recreation site, and is not acquired under section 7, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may direct the minister on behalf of the Crown to acquire by expropriation the title to such land or interest therein as may be required, and thereupon for that purpose the minister shall have all the powers conferred upon the Minister of Government Services by The Public Works Act and that Act shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to the acquisition of the land or interest therein, including the payment and determination of compensation therefor.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.8; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.8.

Administration9 The provisions of The Forest Act governing provincial forests, except as otherwise provided herein or by the regulations made hereunder, apply to provincial parks.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.9; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.9.

Park management10 Provincial parks shall be under the control of the minister and such officers of the department as may be designated by him for that purpose, and the minister or such officers may:

(a) specify the particular purpose for which any park is to be used;(b) determine the methods to be employed in developing and operating each park with a view to the fulfilment of the purpose for which it is to be used;(c) locate and construct such roads, trails and fire-guards as are deemed necessary;(d) locate and construct such wharves, trailer parks, parking lots, camping and picnic sites, camping and cooking facilities, lavatories, bathing and dressing-room facilities, and such other facilities, as are deemed necessary for the convenience of the public;(e) cause to be prepared a zoning plan for each park showing the uses for which the lands and resources in the park are best suited and setting forth such information respecting the suitability of the lands and resources for such uses as is deemed necessary;(f) cause surveys to be made to determine the continuing suitability of each park to meet the purpose for which it was established, and take such measures as is deemed necessary to maintain or improve each park;(g) prepare and implement plans for the development of each park;(h) order the closing or reopening of the whole or a specified part of a local road, trail, bridge or shore in a park to travel or other specified use.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.10; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.10.

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Use of parks and protected areas11 Every provincial park and protected area shall be used for any one or more of the following purposes:

(a) the provision of areas of protected natural beauty in which the people of Saskatchewan and others may employ their leisure hours in the pursuit of healthful and educational outdoor activities;(b) the propagation, protection and preservation therein of wild animal life and wild vegetation;(c) the protection and preservation therein of objects of archaeological, ethnological, geological, historical, palaeontological, or other scientific interest;(d) any other purpose, not inconsistent with this Act, authorized by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.11; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.11.

Prohibition respecting excavation of certain objects12 No person shall dig or explore for or excavate, move or alter any object of ethnological, archaeological, palaeontological or historical interest or significance in a provincial park, protected area, recreation site or land acquired for the purpose of preserving its scenic beauty, except in the manner and to the extent specified in a subsisting permit issued by the minister.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.12; 1966, c.9, s.3; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.12.

Prohibition respecting destruction of certain objects13 No person shall knowingly destroy, desecrate, deface or alter any ancient painting, carving on rock, skeletal or burial object, burial-place or burial mound unless authorized to do so by a subsisting permit issued by the minister.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.13; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.13.

Permits under section 12 or 1314 A permit issued under section 12 or 13 may be made subject to such terms and conditions respecting supervision and reporting and such other terms and conditions as the minister may prescribe and may limit the time during which and the area within which the permittee may carry on his operations, and any such permit may be cancelled by the minister at any time.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.14; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.14.

Certain objects are property of Crown15 Every object of ethnological, archaeological, palaeontological or historical interest or significance found in or taken from a provincial park, protected area, recreation site or land acquired for the purpose of preserving its scenic beauty shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown, and no person shall sell, trade or otherwise dispose of any such object.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.15; 1966, c.9, s.4; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.15.

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Restriction on disposal of certain objects16 No person shall buy or otherwise acquire, or sell, trade or otherwise dispose of, an object of ethnological, archaeological or palaeontological interest or significance that has been found in or taken from any part of Saskatchewan, and that is not vested in the Crown, without first giving the minister an opportunity to acquire the object at its market value.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.16; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.16.

Procedure where prehistoric or historic remains threatened with damage by commercial or other operations

17 Where any prehistoric or historic remains in Saskatchewan are threatened with destruction or damage through any commercial, industrial or other operation, the person undertaking the operation shall immediately give the minister notice thereof and delay the operation until the minister has had a reasonable opportunity of conducting such investigation and taking such recording and salvage measures as he considers necessary. If the minister conducts an investigation or takes recording or salvage measures and thereby causes actual financial loss to the person undertaking the operation, the minister shall pay to that person a reasonable sum as compensation for the loss.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.17; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.17.

Power to enter into agreements providing for facilities and services18 Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the minister may enter into an agreement with any person for the purpose of providing for the establishment and operation of any facilities or the furnishing of any services, or both, in a provincial park or protected area, for the convenience of the public.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.18; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.18.

Historic sites, etc.19 The minister may co-operate with municipal authorities, organizations or persons in the development and supervision of historic sites, local parks, camp grounds, picnic grounds and other local areas to be used for cultural and recreational purposes, and where authorized by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may give financial assistance to such authorities, organizations and persons in the development of such areas.

1973-74, c.84, s.4; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.19.

Regulations20 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations:

(a) for the protection, care, management, control, maintenance and improvement of provincial parks, recreation sites, historic sites and protected areas to ensure their use and enjoyment as provincial parks, recreation sites, historic sites and protected areas;(b) for the conduct of persons residing in or making use of any park or protected area;(c) for the lease, for any term of years, of such parcels of land in the parks or protected areas as are deemed advisable in the public interest, for public purposes, for the construction of buildings for ordinary habitation, for purposes of trade and industry, and for the accommodation of persons resorting to the parks or protected areas;

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(d) for the maintenance and improvement of properties in the parks including any lands sold or leased;(e) for zoning any portions of the parks or protected areas in order to regulate or confine the various uses of land therein;(f) prescribing the class and style of buildings and other structures to be erected in the parks and protected areas, and the materials of which they shall be built, and classifying buildings and fire areas;(g) for the control and licensing of business, trades and traffic of every description within the parks or protected areas, and levying of licence fees;(h) for the construction, operation and maintenance of roads, bridges, piers, fences, sidewalks, lighting plants, water works and sewers, fire protection and sanitary systems and other public utilities within the parks;(i) for the preservation of the public health and the prevention of the spread of disease;(j) for the security of animal and vegetable life in the parks or protected areas, and the preservation thereof, and of the animals and vegetation therein, in a natural state;(k) for reserving any portions of the parks or protected areas deemed necessary for breeding places for animals, or for nurseries for trees, shrubs, plants and flowers;(l) for the maintenance and management of the parks or protected areas and the preservation of order therein;(m) for controlling and regulating the use, setting out and extinguishing of fires in the parks and protected areas;(n) for preventing, prohibiting, licensing, regulating, restricting or controlling the use of any area within the parks or protected areas by operators of automobiles, trucks, trailers, tractor-trailer units, house boats, motor boats, canoes, aircraft, hydroplanes or other conveyances;(o) for prohibiting the keeping of, or for controlling the use of or the manner of keeping horses, dogs and other animals in provincial parks or protected areas and for licensing persons keeping horses, dogs or other animals in provincial parks or protected areas;(p) for prescribing the maximum period during which a provincial park, or any specified portion thereof, may be used for any specified purpose, and for preventing the use of a park for any purpose other than the purpose for which the park was established;(q) for preventing the pollution or contamination of, or other injury to, any source of water supply or any well or any lake, stream, river, pond or other body of water in a provincial park or protected area;(r) for controlling, subject to The Vehicles Act, vehicular traffic in the provincial parks or any of them, including:

(i) classifying vehicles for any and all purposes involving the use of roads, trails, streets, lanes, sidewalks and other public places;(ii) controlling and regulating the use of roads, trails, streets, lanes, sidewalks and other public places;

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(iii) regulating the speed of vehicles;(iv) defining the routes that vehic1es or any class of vehicles must follow in entering or traversing a park or any part thereof;(v) preventing or restricting, controlling and regulating the parking of vehicles on all or any roads, trails, streets, lanes or other public places or any portion thereof;

(s) for authorizing any peace officer or any conservation officer or other officer employed by the department to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle that is unlawfully placed, left or kept on any road, trail, street, lane, parking place or other area and to impound or store the vehicle and to release it to the owner upon payment of the cost of removal and impounding or storage within a period of thirty days after the date of the removal of the vehicle or within such extended period as may be specified in the regulations, and providing for the recovery of such cost, if not paid within the specified period, from the owner of the vehicle by action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by sale of the vehicle at public auction or by private sale;(t) for imposing fees to be paid to the minister by owners or operators of vehicles parked or left at any place contrary to the regulations.

R.S.S. 1965, c.54, s.20; 1973-74, c.84, s.5; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.20.

Interpretation, “officer of the department”, powers of21(1) For the purposes of this section and sections 22 and 24 “officer of the department” means a park superintendent or a conservation officer.(2) All officers of the department employed in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Act have the powers of peace officers to enforce this Act and the regulations and are entitled when performing their duties to all the protection to which peace officers are entitled under the Criminal Code.

1974-75, c.34, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.21.

Powers of officer of the department or member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to arrest and seize

22 Without limiting the generality of section 21, an officer of the department or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who finds a person violating, or whom he on reasonable grounds believes to have committed an offence against:

(a) clause (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 24 may:(i) without warrant arrest that person;(ii) seize any camping permit, daily park user permit or season park user permit that has been issued to such person under the regulations; or

(b) clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 24 may seize any article which is being used or has been used in connection with the violation of, or the offence believed to have been committed against, clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 24, excluding a motor vehicle or boat, and that is found in the possession of that person and may use such article as evidence at that person’s trial, and any article so seized shall be disposed of as the minister may direct.

1974-75, c.34, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.22.

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Power of member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to search without warrant23 A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under subsection (1) of section 24 of the Act has been committed may without warrant search any person upon whom and any building, vehicle or boat upon or in which he believes evidence of the offence may be found.

1974-75, c.34, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.23.

Offences24(1) No person shall, within a provincial park, recreation site, historic site or protected area, wilfully:

(a) do anything that causes pollution or contamination of water, soil or air; or(b) leave or deposit any glass, poison or other thing or substance at a place where it might cause injury to any person; or(c) destroy or damage any building or other structure or any furnishings or fixtures of any kind; or(d) carry on, or permit or suffer to be exercised or carried on, any noxious act, art, trade, business or occupation.

(2) An officer of the department employed in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Act or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police may remove or evict from a provincial park, recreation site, historic site or protected area any person whom he believes on reasonable grounds is contravening clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) or he may order such person to cease such contravention.

1973-74, c.84, s.7; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.24.

Penalties25(1) A person who contravenes any provision of this Act or who fails to comply with any order made under this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.(2) A person who contravenes any provision of the regulations or who fails to comply with any order or direction of an officer made under the regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.

1973-74, c.84, s.8; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-34, s.25.

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SCHEDULE A

(Section 3)

THE BATTLEFORDS PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the third Meridian: Township 47, Range 17: that portion of the northeast quarter of Section 35 lying northeast of Jackfish Lake; Township 48, Range 17: the northwest and southwest quarters of Section 1, those portions of the northeast and southeast quarters of Section 1 lying to the west of Roadway Parcels A, as said parcels are shown on a plan of survey registered as No. 61807835, those portions of the northeast, northwest and southeast quarters of Section 2 lying to the east and northeast of Jackfish Lake, those portions of the northeast and southeast quarters of Section 10 lying east of Jackfish Lake, the northeast, northwest and southeast quarters of Section 11, that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 11 lying northeast of Jackfish Lake.

BUFFALO POUND PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian:Township 18, Range 25: all those portions of the northeast quarter of Section 34:

(a) shown as Parcel “A” on Plan No. 64 MJ 00840 except that portion taken for roadway as show n on Plan No. 67 MJ 01489;(b) required for flooded area of the Buffalo Pound Lake Storage Project as shown on Plan No. EX 774;(c) shown on Plan No. EX 770 except portion taken for roadway as shown on Plan No. 67 MJ 01489.

Township 19, Range 25: that portion of Section 1 lying northeast of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of Section 2 not covered by the waters of Buffalo Pound Lake, except portions taken for roadway as shown on Plans No. R 1068 and AC 1008, that portion of the north half of Section 3 lying southwest of Buffalo Pound Lake except Parcels “A”, “B” and “C” shown on Plan No. CX 1058, southeast quarter of Section 3 excepting:

(a) that portion lying southerly and easterly of the northerly and westerly limits of the surveyed road shown on Plan No. AC 1008;(b) Parcel “E” as shown on Plan No. CX 1058;(c) Parcels “X” and “Y” as shown on Plan No. 59 MJ 07158;

all that portion of the original road allowance south of Section 2, and between sections 2 and 3 bounded as follows:

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Commencing at the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of Section 3, thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the said quarter Section 1338.282 feet, thence northerly 67 degrees, 55 minutes east 71.21 feet, more or less, to the western boundary of the southwest quarter of said Section 2, thence southerly along the said western boundary of said southwest quarter of Section 2, 1365.078 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner thereof, thence easterly along the southern boundary of said Section 2 to a point distant 1519.81 feet east of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter thereof, thence south 60 degrees, 37 minutes east 134.64 feet, more or less to the northern boundary of Section 34, in Township 18, Range 25, West of the Second Meridian, thence westerly along the northern boundary of Sections 33 and 34 to a point due south of the point of commencement, in said Township, thence northerly 66 feet to the point of commencement, the southwest quarter of Section 3, the north half and southeast quarter of Section 4 except that portion of the northwest quarter taken for roadway as shown on Plan No. 63 MJ 01419, the road allowance which lies east of and adjacent to the east half of Section 4, that portion of the road allowance which lies east of and adjacent to the northeast quarter of Section 5 and which lies north of the westerly limit of a surveyed road as shown on Plan No. 63 MJ 01419, the north half of Section 8, except that portion of the northeast quarter taken for a roadway as shown on Plan No. 62 MJ 11908, the road allowance which lies north of and adjacent to the north half of Section 8 except that portion lying between the production southerly of the easterly and westerly limits of the surveyed road shown on Plan No. 62 MJ 11908, the road allowance which lies east of and adjacent to the east half of Section 8 except that portion which lies between the production southerly of the southwesterly and northeasterly limits of the surveyed road as shown on Plan No. 62 MJ 11908, that portion of Section 9 lying southwest of Buffalo Pound Lake except those portions of the northwest and southwest quarters taken for roadway as show n on Plan No. 62 MJ 11908, all that portion of the road allowance lying north of and adjacent to the northwest quarter of Section 9 and which lies west of the southwesterly limits of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of the road allowance which lies east of and adjacent to the southeast quarter of Section 9 and which lies south of the south westerly bank of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 10 lying southwest of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of the south half of Section 11 lying northeast of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 16 lying southwest of Buffalo Pound Lake, that portion of Section 17 lying southwest of Buffalo Pound Lake except that portion of the southeast quarter taken for roadway as shown on Plan No. 62 MJ 11908, that portion of the road allowance which lies east of and adjacent to the southeast quarter of Section 17 and south of the southwesterly bank of Buffalo Pound Lake.All said Plan numbers being of record in the Land Titles Office for the Moose Jaw Land Registration District.

CYPRESS HILLS PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Third Meridian: Township 8, Range 26: Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Legal Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, west halves of legal Subdivisions 11 and 14 of Section 21, that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 27 lying west of Highway No. 21, as shown on Registered Plan No. BH 190, south half of Section 28, Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32; Township 8, Range 27: Sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25 and 26.

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DANIELSON PROVINCIAL PARK

Comprising all the following lands lying west of the Third Meridian which from day to day are not covered by the waters of the reservoir known as Lake Diefenbaker: Township 26, Range 6: northeast quarter of Section 19, Sections 20 and 30, those portions of Sections 29, 31 and 32 lying to the southwest of the southwesterly limit of Highway No. 219 as shown on Registered Plan No. 67 MJ 11001;Township 27, Range 6: that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 5 lying to the southwest of the southwesterly limit of Highway No. 219 as shown on Registered Plan No. 67 S 22415; that portion of Section 6Iying southerly, easterly and southeasterly of a line drawn 100 feet perpendicularly distant southerly, easterly and southeasterly from the centre line of Highway No. 345;Township 26, Range 7: Legal Subdivisions 1 and 8 of Section 20 except out of said Legal Subdivision 8 all that portion bounded as follows: commencing at a point on the east boundary of the said legal subdivision distant southerly thereon 880 feet from the northern boundary of the southeast quarter of said section, thence northerly along the said eastern boundary to the said northern boundary, thence westerly along the said northern boundary 305 feet, thence southeasterly in a straight line to the point of commencement; that portion of the northeast quarter of Section 20 lying east of the eastern limit of the CNR right-of-way as shown on a Registered Plan No. X 5565; Section 21 excepting:Firstly that portion of the southwest quarter of said section taken for CNR pipeline and right of-way as shown on Registered Plan No. X 5565;Secondly that portion of the southeast quarter of said section shown as Parcel “A” on Registered Plan No. 64 MJ 04649;Sections 22, 23, northwest quarter of Section 24, west half of Section 25, Sections 26, 27 and 28 that portion of the south half of Section 29 lying north of the northerly limit of the CNR right-of-way as shown on Registered Plan No. X 5565, Legal Subdivisions 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Section 29; those portions of the southeast, southwest and northeast quarters of Section 30 lying east of the easterly limit of Highway No. 45 as shown on Registered Plan No. 62 MJ 01094 except that portion taken for the CNR right-of-way as shown on Registered Plan No. X 5565; east half of Section 33 lying south of Highway No. 345 as shown on Registered Plan No. 60 MJ 00720, west half and southeast quarter of Section 34; those portions of the southwest quarter and the east half of Section 35 lying southwesterly, southerly, and southeasterly of a line drawn 100 feet perpendicularly distant southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly from the centre line of Highway No. 345;Township 27, Range 7: east half of Section 3, EXCEPTING thereout and therefrom all works, structures, facilities, equipment and appurtenances thereto, situated on any part of the lands herein described, and necessary for all purposes incidental to, or associated with the operation and maintenance of Gardiner Dam, the electrical power generating station or irrigation works as part of the development known as the South Saskatchewan River Project.

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DOUGLAS PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Third Meridian: Township 23, Range 3: that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 31 lying westerly of the westerly limit of the CPR right-of-way and extra right-of-way as shown on Plan No. 67 MJ 11017 and to the southwest of the southwesterly limit of Highway No. 19 as shown on Plan No. 61 MJ 05157 and that portion of the northwest quarter of Section 31 lying to the southwest of the southwesterly limit of said Highway No. 19;Township 23, Range 4: those portions of the northeast quarter of Section 25 and the southeast quarter of Section 36 lying to the northwest of the northwesterly limit of the CPR right-of-way as shown on Plan No. 67 MJ 11017 and which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker, those portions of the east half and northwest quarter of Section 35 and of t he west half of Section 36 which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker, the northeast quarter of Section 36 excepting those portions taken for Highway No. 19 as shown on Plan No. 61 MJ 05157 and CPR right-of-way and extra right-of-way as shown on Plan No. 67 MJ 11017;Township 24, Range 4: Sections 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22 and 23, southwest quarter of Section 24, south half of Section 26, south half and northwest quarter of Section 27, Section 28, those portions of Sections 2, 3, 9, 10 and 16 which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker; excepting out of the said Sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16 and 21 those portions taken for Highway No. 19 as shown on Plan No. 61 MJ 05157 and CPR right-of-way and extra right-of-way as shown on Plan No. 67 MJ 11017.All said plan numbers being of record in the Land Titles Office for the Moose Jaw Land Registration District.

ECHO VALLEY PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying in Township 21, Range 14, west of the Second Meridian:Firstly: all of Section 16, northeast and fractional northwest quarters of Section 17;Secondly: fractional southeast and southwest quarters of Section 20 and fractional northwest, southeast and southwest quarters of Section 21 lying south of the Fishing Lakes, excepting out of the said southeast quarter of Section 21;

(a) the Townsite of Bartlett Place as shown on Plan No. GC2504;(b) Parcel “A” adjacent to.Bartlett Place as shown on Plan No. 60R02129;

Thirdly: in the Townsite of Qu’Appelle Park: Blocks “G” and “K”, Lot 16 and Lot “A”, as shown on Plan No. AP4426 as amended by Master of Titles Order No. 60R08817, Block “A”, “H”, and “J” as shown on Plan No. 59R24661 as amended by Master of Titles Order No. 60R08817, Block “X” as shown on Plan No. 66R30405;Fourthly: Block “F” in the Townsite of Bartlett Place as shown on Plan No. GC2504.All said plans being of record in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District.

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GREENWATER PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian:Township 41, Range 9 - the northwest quarter of Section 7; the northwest quarter and south half of Section 16; Sections 17, 18, 19 and the south half of Section 20;Township 41, Range 10 - Sections 3 to 24 inclusive; south half of Section 26; Sections 27 to 34 inclusive;Township 40, Range 11 - the east half of Section 33; the west half of Section 34; Township 41, Range 11 - Sections 1 to 33 inclusive; the northwest quarter and south half of Section 34; the south half of Section 35; the south half and Legal Subdivisions 9 and 16 of Section 36.

KATEPWA POINT PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian: Township 20, Range 12: Parcel “A “ in the northeast quarter of Section 4, as said parcel is shown on a plan of survey filed in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District as No. FF 2701; fractional northwest quarter of Section 4 excepting that portion lying northeasterly from the northeasterly limit of a road as the said road is shown on a plan of survey filed in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District as No. EG 2405 and further excepting that portion of Parcel “B” lying in the said fractional northwest quarter of Section 4 as shown on a plan of survey filed in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District as No. FF 2701.

MEADOW LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

All lands lying west of the Third Meridian: Township 62, Range 16: Section 31; Township 63, Range 16: all of the Township including the waters of Waterhen Lake, excepting that portion included in the Waterhen Reserve No. 130; Township 64, Range 16: Sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and those portions of Sections 6 and 7 covered by the waters of Waterhen Lake; Township 62, Range 17: north half of Section 31, Sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36: Township 63, Range 17: all of the Township including the waters of Waterhen Lake, excepting:Firstly, that portion included in the Waterhen India n Reserve No 1 30;

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Secondly, the northeast quarter of legal subdivision 8 of Section 20; Township 64, Range 17: all of the Township, excepting that portion included in the Waterhen Indian Reserve No. 130: Projected Township 65, Range 17: Sections 1 to 36 inclusive; Township 62, Range 18: north half and southwest quarter of Section 31, north halves of Sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; all that portion of the southeast quarter of Section 33 shown as Parcel “B” on Plan No. 64 B 04280, all that portion of the road allowance lying east of and adjacent to the southeast quarter of Section 33 lying north of a straight line perpendicular to the east limit of said quarter Section at the south corner of Parcel “B” as said Parcel “B” is shown on Plan No. 64 B 04280; Township 63, Range 18:Sections 1 to 15 inclusive, northeast quarter and south half of Section 16, Section 17, all that portion of the road allowance lying west of and adjacent to the subdivision of Greig Lake Resort in the southwest quarter of Section 17, as shown on Plan No. 64 B 01263 and lying between the banks of Greig Lake, Sections 18, 19, 20, north half and southeast quarter of Section 21, Sections 22 to 36 inclusive, excepting out of the southwest quarter of said Section 17 Greig Lake Resort, as the same is shown on Plan No. 64 B 01263; Projected Township 64, Range 18: Sections 1 to 6 inclusive, Sections 10 to 15 inclusive, Sections 22 to 27 inclusive, Sections 34, 35, 36; Projected Township 65, Range 18: Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, 36; Township 62, Range 19: west half Section 17, Sections 18, 19, 20, west half of Section 21, northwest quarter of Section 25, north half of Section 26, north half and southwest quarter of Section 27, Sections 28 to 36 inclusive; Township 63, Range 19: Sections 1 to 11 inclusive, north half of Section 12, that portion of the southeast quarter of Section 12 covered by the waters of Greig Lake, Sections 13 to 30 inclusive, Sections 34, 35, 36; Projected Township 64, Range I9: Sections 1, 2, 3; Township 62, Range 20: Sections 13, 14, 15, 19 to 36 inclusive; Township 63, Range 20: Sections 1 to 30 inclusive; Township 62, Range 21: that portion of the north half of Section 20 lying north of the right bank of the Waterhen River, northeast quarter of Section 24, that portion of the northwest quarter of Section 24 lying northeasterly of the right bank of the Waterhen River, Sections 25, 26, 27, north half and southwest quarter of Section 28, Sections 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Township 63, Range 21: Sections 1 to 31 inclusive; Township 62, Range 22: north half of Section 35, Section 36; Township 63, Range 22: Section 1, that portion of the north half of Section 7 covered by the waters of Lac des lies, north half and southeast quarter of Section 11, Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, north half of Section 16, that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 16 lying northwesterly of the southerly bank of Lac des lies, Sections 17 to 36 inclusive; Township 62, Range 23: north half and southwest quarter of Section 29, Sections 30, 31, 32, north half and southwest quarter of Section 33; Township 63, Range 23: Sections 2 to 11 inclusive, north half of Section 12, Sections 13 to 36 inclusive; Township 62, Range 24: Sections 25, 26, those portions of Sections 32, 33, 34, lying north of the southerly bank of Lac des lies, Sections 35, 36; Township 63, Range 24: all of the Township excepting that portion included in the Big Head Indian Reserve No. 124; Township 64, Range 24: Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Township 63, Range 25: Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, north half and southwest quarter of Section 23, Sections 24 to 36 inclusive; Projected Township 64, Range 25: Sections 1 to 24 inclusive Projected Township 63, Range 26: Sections 13 to 36 inclusive; Projected Township 64, Range 26: Sections I to 36 inclusive; Township 65, Range 26: Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, west half of Section 17, Sections 18, 19; Projected Township 63, Range 27: Sections 13, 14, fractional Sections 15 and 22, Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, fractional Sections 27 and 34, Sections 35, 36; Projected Township 64, Range 27: all of the fractional Township; Projected Township 65, Range 27: Sections 1, 2, fractional Sections 3 and 10, Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, fractional Sections 15 and 22, Sections 23, 24, south halves of Sections 25 and 26, south half of fractional Section 27.

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All plan numbers referred to above being of record in the Land Titles Office for the Battleford Land Registration District.

MOOSE MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian: Township 10, Range 2: north half of Section 7, that portion of Section 8 not included in I.R. No. 70, north half of Section 9, north-west quarter of Section 10, north half of Section 11, Sections 14 to 23 inclusive, Sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; Township 9, Range 3: that portion of the north-west quarter of Section 15, not included in I.R. No. 70, north half of Section 16, Sections 17, 19, 20, 21, those portions of Sections 22 and 27, not included in I.R. No. 70, Sections 28 to 33 inclusive, that portion of Section 34 not included in I.R. No. 70; Township 10, Range 3: that portion of Section 3 not included in I.R. No. 70, Sections 4 to 9 inclusive, those portions of Sections 10, 11 and 12 not included in I.R. No. 70, Sections 13 to 23 inclusive, north half and approximately 236 acres in the south half of Section 24, Sections 25 to 36 inclusive; Township 11, Range 3: west half of Section 1, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, east half of Section 8, Sections 9, 10, 11; Township 9, Range 4: Sections 19, 20, 21, north half and southwest quarter of Section 25, Sections 26 to 36 inclusive; Township 10, Range 4: Sections 1 to 36 inclusive; Township 11, Range 4: Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, north-west quarter and south half of Section 10, south half of Section 11, southwest quarter of Section 12; Township 9, Range 5: north half and southeast quarter of Section 23, Sections 24, 25, 26, north half and southeast quarter of Section 27, those portions of the northeast quarter of Section 28 and of the east half of Section 33 not included in former I.R. No. 69, Sections 34, 35, 36; Township 10, Range 5: Sections 1, 2, 3, those portions of the east halves of Sections 4 and 9, not included in former I.R. No. 69, Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 36.

PIKE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Third Meridian: Township 34, Range 6: all of the northeast quarter, southeast quarter, southwest quarter and Legal Subdivisions 11 and 14 of Section 5; all of Section 8; all that portion of Legal Subdivision 1 of Section 17 lying east of Pike Lake and south of a line drawn parallel to and perpendicularly distant northerly 830 feet from the south boundary of said legal subdivision.

ROWAN ‘S RAVINE PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian: Township 23, Range 23: the northwest quarter of Section 28 excepting the most westerly 330 feet throughout of the most southerly 1,320 feet throughout; all that portion of Section 29 not covered by the waters of Last Mountain Lake; the southeast quarter of Section 32; all that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 32 not covered by the waters of Last Mountain Lake; the southwest quarter of Section 33.

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SASKATCHEWAN LANDING PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Third Meridian:Township 19, Range 14: that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 30 lying westerly of the westerly limit of Highway No.4 as shown on Plan No. DS 5701; that portion of the northwest quarter of Section 30 lying northerly of the northerly limit of Parcel “C” as said parcel is shown on Plan No. 68 SC 11500; that portion of Section 31 which from day to day is not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker;Township 20, Range 14: the west half of Section 5; those portions of Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and the south half of Section 18, which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker;Township 19, Range 15: the north half of Section 22; the north half and southwest quarter of Section 24; Sections 25, 26, and 27; the northeast quarter of Section 28; the north halves of Sections 31 and 32; those portions of Sections 33, 34, 35 and 36 which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker; excepting out of the said Sections 25, 35 and 36 Highway No. 4 as shown on Plan No. DS 5701 and Plan No. 64 SC 09366;Township 20, Range 15: Section 2; the south halves of Sections 10, 17, and 18; those portions of Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, the west half and southeast quarter of Section 9 and the east half and southwest quarter of Section 12 which from day to day are not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker; excepting out of the said Sections 2 and 3 and the south half of Section 10 Highway No. 4 as shown on Plan No. 63 MJ 03629 and Plan No. 64 MJ 09500;Township 20, Range 16: the northeast quarter of Section I; that portion of the east half of Section 12 which from day to day is not covered by the waters of Lake Diefenbaker; that portion of the west half of Section 12 lying north of Lake Diefenbaker and which from day to day is not covered by the waters thereof; the south half and northwest quarter of Section 13;Said plan numbers in Township 19, Range 14 and Township 19, Range 15 being of record in the Land Titles Office of the Swift Current Land Registration District and in Township 20, Range 15 being of record in the Land Titles Office for the Moose Jaw Land Registration District.

DUCK MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the First Meridian: Township 29, Range 30: north half of Section 25, the northwest quarter of Section 27, north halves of Sections 28 and 29, Sections 32 to 36 inclusive; Township 30, Range 30: Sections 1 to 36 inclusive; Township 31, Range 30: fractional Sections 13 to 18 inclusive, Sections 19 to 36 inclusive; Township 32, Range 30: Sections 1 to 24 inclusive, Section 29 and the southeast quarter of Section 30; Township 31, Range 31: fractional Section 13, Sections 24, 25, northeast quarter of Section 26, east half of Section 35, Section 36; Township 32, Range 31: Sections 1, 2, 3, the east half of Section 4, Sections 10, 11 and 12, south halves of Sections 13 and 14, southeast quarter of Section 15.

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GOOD SPIRIT LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK

Lands lying west of the Second Meridian: Township 29, Range 5: north half of Section 9 lying south of Good Spirit Lake excepting portion described as follows: COMMENCING at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of said Section 9, thence easterly along northern boundary thereof 1,980 feet; thence northerly parallel to the western boundary of said quarter Section 660 feet; thence westerly parallel to the said southern boundary to the said western boundary; thence southerly along the said western boundary to the point of commencement; Legal Subdivisions 11 and 14 of Section 10, northeast quarter of Section 10, southwest quarter of Section 14, fractional northwest quarter of Section 14 and fractional Section 15, lying south-easterly of Good Spirit Lake; fractional southwest quarter of Section 16 and fractional Section 17 lying west of Good Spirit Lake; east half of Section 18; fractional southwest quarter of Section 23 lying east of Good Spirit Lake; fractional Sections 19, 20, 30 and 31 lying west of Good Spirit Lake; Township 30, Range 5: fractional west halves of Section 6 and 7 lying west of Good Spirit Lake; Township 29, Range 6: northeast quarter of Section 25, east half of Section 36; Township 30, Range 6: east half of Section 1, east half of Section 12 lying west of Good Spirit Lake.

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SCHEDULE B

(Section 4)

BESANT MIDDEN HISTORICAL SITE

All that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 29, Township 17, Range 29, west of the second meridian, in the Province of Saskatchewan, which is more particularly described as follows:Commencing at a point on the western boundary of the said quarter Section 750 feet measured southerly thereon from its interSection with the southerly limit of the Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way as shown upon a plan of survey of the said right-of-way of record in the Land Titles Office for the Moose Jaw Land Registration District No. C4258, thence northerly along the said western boundary to the said interSection, thence easterly along the said southerly limit to its interSection with the eastern boundary of the said quarter Section, thence southerly along the said eastern boundary a distance of 450 feet, thence southwesterly in a straight line to the point of commencement, containing 37.8 acres, more or less.

BISON DRIVE

Legal subdivision 3, Section 3C, Township 5, Range 16, west of the Third Meridian.

CANNINGTON MANOR

Parcel “E” in the northwest and southwest quarters of Section 14, Township 9, Range 1, west of the Second Meridian as shown on Plan No. 66R19834(1).

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FORT BLACK

That portion of projected Township 74, Range 12, west of the Third Meridian in the Province of Saskatchewan shown as Parcel “B” upon a plan of survey registered in the Land Titles Office for the Battleford Land Registration District as No. BW 6537.

FORT CARLTON

Parcels “W”, “X”, “Y”, and “Z” and Ferry Access Road in Lots 17 and 18 in a Subdivision of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Carlton Reserve as shown on a plan of record as No. 65PAI6686.

FORT PITT

All that portion of the Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Pitt Reserve in Township 53, in Range 26, west of the Third Meridian, and being part of Block 12, Plan Y 3477, shown as Parcel “A” on plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the Battleford Land Registration District as No. 60B07598.

GLEN EWEN BURIAL MOUND

All that portion of the northwest quarter of Section 4, Township 1, Range 34, west of the principal meridian shown as Parcel “A” on a plan of survey filed in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District as 63 R 11241, containing 14.67 acres, more or less. Minerals in the Crown.

GULL LAKE

The southwest quarter of Section 21, in Township 12, Range 19, west of the Third Meridian, in the Province of Saskatchewan.

HICKSON-MARIBELLI LAKE

All the land lying between Hickson Lake and Maribelli Lake, including the land covered by the waters of Smith Narrows, the channel joining said lakes, approximate latitude 56°16’15”, longitude 104°27’, in the Province of Saskatchewan bounded as follows:On the north by a straight line, having an astronomic bearing of 270 degrees, drawn through the northern extremity of the peninsula forming the southeastern bank of Smith Narrows;On the south by a straight line, having an astronomic bearing of 270 degrees, drawn through the southern extremity of said peninsula;On the northwest by a line distance 300 feet inland from and following the sinuosities of the northwestern bank of the said Smith Narrows;And on the southeast by a line distant 300 feet inland from, and following the sinuosities of the said southeastern bank of Smith Narrows.

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LAST MOUNTAIN HOUSE

All that portion of the northeast quarter of Section 8, in Township 21, in Range 21, west of the Second Meridian, shown as Parcel “A” on a plan of record in the Land Titles Office for the Regina Land Registration District as No. 64R06832.

MAURICE STREET

All that portion of Section 1, Township 52, Range 14, west of the Second Meridian, which lies to the east of the Saskatchewan River, and all that portion of the south half of section 12 in the said township and range, which lies to the south of the Saskatchewan River.

PINE ISLAND TRADING POST

All that portion of the northeast quarter of section 7, and that portion of section 18, Township 49, Range 21, west of the Third Meridian, Province of Saskatchewan, designated as Island No. 5 on Township plan dated at Ottawa on April 21, 1885.

STEELE’S NARROWS HISTORIC SITE

The fractional east half of Section 26, Township 58, Range 23, west of the Third Meridian, in the Province of Saskatchewan, as shown upon a Plan of Survey of the said township approved and confirmed by E. Deville, Surveyor General, at Ottawa on the second day of December, 1913, excepting 4.74 acres taken for a road according to a Plan of Survey of Record in the Land Titles Office for the Battleford Land Registration District as Number A.W. 4114.

TOUCHWOOD HILLS HUDSON BAY COMPANY TRADING POST

All that portion of Section 29, Township 27, Range 15, west of the Second Meridian lying between parcels A and B as said parcels are shown on a plan of survey registered in the Land Titles Office for the Humboldt Land Registration District as 59 H 03752 (1) containing approximately 16.7 acres.

WALTER FELT SITE

All that portion of the southwest quarter of Section 16, Township 16, Range 1, west of the Third Meridian shown as parcel “A” on a plan of survey filed in the Land Titles Office for the Moose Jaw Land Registration District as 63 MJ 12657, containing 2.85 acres, more or less.

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WASKWEI RIVER

That parcel or tract of land lying and being in projected Township 51, Range 1, west of the Second Meridian and bounded as follows: On the south by a blazed line running west from the Second Meridian along the south boundary of projected Sections 22, 23 and 24; on the north by a blazed line running west from the second meridian perpendicularly distant 1,320 feet north from the north boundary of Section 22, 23, and 24; on the east by the second meridian and on the west by the easterly limit of Highway No. 109, Otosquen Road, lying between the north and south limits previously described.

WILDCAT HILL WILDERNESS AREA

All those portions of projected Townships 49 and 50 in Ranges 3 and 4, west of the Second Meridian, in the Province of Saskatchewan, contained within boundaries described as follows:Commencing at the northeast corner of Township 48, Range 4, thence easterly along the north boundary of Township 48, Range 3, to the northeast corner of Section 33 in said township, thence northerly along the eastern boundaries of Sections 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33, in projected Township 49, Range 3, to the north boundary of said township, thence westerly along said north boundary to the northeast corner of Section 31 in said Township, thence northerly along the east boundaries of Sections 6, 7 and 18 in projected Township 50, Range 3, to the northeast corner of said Section 18, thence westerly along the north boundary of said Section 18 and the north boundaries of Sections 13, 14, and 15, in projected Township 50, Range 4, to the northeast corner of Section 16, in said Township, thence southerly along the east boundaries of Sections 16, 9 and 4 in said township to the north boundary of projected Township 49, Range 4, thence westerly along said north boundary to the northeast corner of Township 49, Range 5, thence southerly along the east boundary of said township to the right bank of the Fir River, thence southeasterly along and following the sinuosities of the said bank to the north boundary of Township 48, Range 4, thence easterly along said north boundary to the place of commencement.

WOOD MOUNTAIN

That portion of L.S.D. 11 of Section 20, Township 4, Range 3, west of the Third Meridian, lying between the easterly limit of a roadway shown on Plan No. CH 180 and the westerly limit of a roadway shown on Plan No. 65 MJ 00372.

MATADOR GRASSLANDS

All of Section 10, 15 and 16, Township 20, Range 3, west of the Third Meridian”.ANDERSON ISLAND.The whole of Anderson Island in the Saskatchewan River at latitude 53°47’, longitude 103°04’.

THOMAS BATTERSBY WILDLIFE PROTECTED AREA

All of Section 18, Township 24, Range 9, west of the Second Meridian.

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