CNLR 1088/96 - Avalon Wilderness Reserve Order under the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

Short title

1. This Order may be cited as the Avalon Wilderness Reserve Order .

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Area included

2. The area included in the Avalon Wilderness Reserve is as set out in Schedule A.

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Outline

3. An outline of the Avalon Wilderness Reserve Management Plan is as set out in Schedule B.

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Repeal

4. The Order re Provisional Wilderness Reserve "The Avalon Wilderness Area", Newfoundland Regulation 284/84, and the Avalon Wilderness Reserve Order, 1986, Newfoundland Regulation 259/86, are repealed.

Schedule A

All that piece or parcel of land situate and being at the southeast section of the Avalon Peninsula in the province, abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say:

Beginning at a point at the top of Madisons Rock, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,237,550 metres and east 344,675 metres;

Then running in a southerly direction for a distance of 14,025 metres, more or less, to a point in the centre line of the old road at the east end of Mount Carmel Pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,223,550 metres and east 343,950 metres;

Then running in a southerly direction for a distance of 4,775 metres, more or less, to a point in the northerly shoreline of a pond, that point having co?ordinates of north 5,218,925 metres and east 342,775 metres;

Then running in a southerly direction for a distance of 4,400 metres, more or less, to a point in the northerly shoreline of a pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,214,575 metres and east 342,175 metres;

Then running in a southerly direction through the centre of the small brook as it flows into the south end of that pond for a distance of 7,725 metres, more or less, to a point having co-ordinates of north 5,207,000 metres and east 343,650 metres;

Then running in a southerly direction for a distance of 7,525 metres, more or less, to a point in the northwesterly shoreline of a pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,199,550 metres and east 342,675 metres;

Then running along the northwesterly shoreline of the pond and along the northwesterly, the easterly and the westerly shorelines and banks of a series of connecting ponds and brooks in a general southwesterly direction to a point in the southerly shoreline of a pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,192,650 metres and east 335,650 metres;

Then running in a westerly direction for a distance of 10,450 metres, more or less, to a point in the centre of the westernmost brook as it flows into the north end of Northwest Pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,192,575 metres and east 325,200 metres;

Then running in a westerly direction for a distance of 15,525 metres, more or less, to a point in the northerly shoreline of a pond into which Peters River flows, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,190,850 metres and east 309,775 metres;

Then running in a northeasterly direction for a distance of 19,775 metres, more or less, to a point in the junction of two brooks, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,209,125 metres and east 317,325 metres;

Then running in a northerly direction for a distance of 1,175 metres, more or less, to a point having co-ordinates of north 5,210,300 metres and east 317,225 metres;

Then running in a northeasterly direction for a distance of 4,575 metres, more or less, to a point in the centre of a brook, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,214,475 metres and east 319,075 metres;

Then running in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 7,800 metres, more or less, to a point having co-ordinates of north 5,222,175 metres and east 317,775 metres;

Then running in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 1,075 metres, more or less, to a point in the southeasterly bank of Murphy's River as it flows into Little Harbour River, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,223,200 metres and east 317,450 metres;

Then running along the southeasterly bank of Murphy's River in a general northeasterly direction to a point having co-ordinates of north 5,227,375 metres and east 324,375 metres;

Then running in a northeasterly direction for a distance of 2,000 metres, more or less, to a point in the southerly shoreline of a pond, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,229,350 metres and east 324,700 metres;

Then running in a northeasterly direction for a distance of 6,300 metres, more or less, to a point having co-ordinates of north 5,233,475 metres and east 329,450 metres;

Then running in a northeasterly direction for a distance of 8,575 metres, more or less, to a point on the top of Bosun, that point having co-ordinates of north 5,238,150 metres and east 336,650 metres;

Then running in an easterly direction for a distance of 8,050 metres, more or less, to the point of beginning, the above described piece or parcel of land containing an area of 1,070 square kilometres, more or less.

All bearings being referred to Zone 22 of the Universal Transverse Mercator Projection.

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Schedule B

Outline of Avalon Wilderness Reserve Management Plan

The Avalon Wilderness Reserve is established for the purpose of protecting one of North America 's most southerly unspoiled barren lands, providing sanctuary for a variety of plant and wildlife species normally found much further north. It is of particular value in protecting the Avalon caribou herd. It is an important wilderness resource for the use of people close to the major population centre of the province.

Management policies aimed at achieving this include: no new development and restrictions on access, in particular motorized access; no habitat modification and allowing natural ecological succession to continue. Scientific study in the area will be encouraged and educational use will be permitted. Hunting, trapping and fishing will be allowed to continue. Permits for travel to the area will be required and the area will be posted with signs.

The managing agency for the area is Parks and Natural Areas Division of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation.

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