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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 34
Wednesday, May 31, 2000
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage met at 6:35 p.m. this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Chair, Clifford Lincoln, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Mauril Bélanger, Pierre de Savoye, Clifford Lincoln, Mark Muise, Bryon Wilfert.
Acting Members present: Judy Sgro for Paul Bonwick, Carolyn Bennett for Sarmite Bulte, Rick Laliberté for Wendy Lill, Nancy Karetak-Lindell for Rick Limoges, John Duncan for Inky Mark, Aileen Carroll for Dennis Mills, Karen Kraft-Sloan for Alex Shepherd.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Joseph Jackson, Researcher.
Witnesses: From the Parks Canada Agency: Laurent Tremblay, Executive Director for Quebec Region; Tom Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada Agency; Bruce Amos, Director General, National Parks; Susan Katz, Director, Legislation and Policy Branch; Lucie Bourbonnière, Legal Counsel.
Pursuant to its Order of Reference of Thursday, May 11, 2000, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-27, An Act respecting the national parks of Canada (See Minutes of Proceedings, Thursday, May 11, 2000 , Meeting No. 25).
The Committee proceeded to Clause-by-Clause consideration of the Bill.
Clause 70 carried.
On new Clause ( 70.1 )
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27 be amended by adding after line 18 on page 32 the following:
70.1 (1) Subsections (2) to (5) apply if Bill C-10, introduced in the second session of the thirty-sixth Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Municipal Grants Act (the "other Act"), receives royal assent.
(2) If it is not in force when subsection 3(6) of the other Act comes into force, section 56 of this Act and the heading before it are replaced by the following:
56. Paragraph 2(3)(c) of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act is replaced by the following:
(c) any real property or immovable developed and used as a park and situated within an area defined as "urban" by Statistics Canada, as of the most recent census of the population of Canada taken by Statistics Canada, other than national parks of Canada, national marine parks of Canada, national park reserves of Canada, national marine park reserves of Canada, national historic sites of Canada, national battlefields or heritage canals;
(3) Subsection (2) comes into force on the day on which section 56 of this Act comes into force.
(4) If it is not in force when section 56 of this Act comes into force, paragraph 2(3)(c) of the Municipal Grants Act as enacted by subsection 3(6) of the other Act is replaced by the following:
(c) any real property or immovable developed and used as a park and situated within an area defined as "urban" by Statistics Canada, as of the most recent census of the population of Canada taken by Statistics Canada, other than national parks of Canada, national marine parks of Canada, national park reserves of Canada, national marine park reserves of Canada, national historic sites of Canada, national battlefields or heritage canals;
(5) Subsection (4) comes into force on the later of the day on which section 56 of this Act comes into force and the day on which the other Act comes into force.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
New Clause ( 70.1 ) carried.
On Clause 71,
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27, in Clause 71, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 32 with the following:
"this Act, other than actions 68 to 70.1, comes"
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Clause 71, as amended, carried.
On Schedule I,
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27, in Schedule 1, be amended by replacing the description of Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada on pages 36 to 38 with the following:
"(3) MOUNT REVELSTOKE NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA
In British Columbia;
In Kootenay District;
In the former Railway Belt;
That parcel of land more particularly described as follows:
Firstly,
In accordance with a plan recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at Ottawa under number 43402, a copy of which has been filed in the Land Title Office at Kamloops under number D.F. 23953:
Commencing at the northwest corner of Legal Subdivision 8, Section 34, Township 23, Range 2, West of the 6th Meridian;
Thence easterly following the northerly boundaries of the south halves of Sections 34, 35 and 36 in said Township 23 and Section 31, Township 23, Range 1, West of the 6th Meridian, to the northeast corner of the south half of said Section 31;
Thence northerly following the east boundaries of said Section 31 and Section 6, in Township 24, in said Range 1, to the northwest corner of Section 5, in said Township 24;
Thence easterly following the north boundaries of Sections 5, 4 and 3 in said Township 24, to the northeast corner of said Section 3;
Thence northerly following the west boundary of Section 11, in said Township 24 to the northwest corner of said Section 11;
Thence easterly following the north boundary of said Section 11 to the northeast corner of said Section;
Secondly,
In accordance with Plan of Lot 3643, recorded under number 63656 in said Records, being a copy of the Official Plan confirmed under Section 63, Land Act, at Victoria, B.C., November 30, 1977 and numbered as F.B. 18077:
Continuing from the northeast corner of said Section 11;
Thence easterly following the northerly boundaries of Legal Subdivisions 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Section 12 in said Township 24, to the northeast corner of said Section 12;
Thence easterly along said north boundary of Legal Subdivision 16 and its easterly production to its intersection with the right bank of Clachnacudainn Creek;
Thirdly,
In accordance with said Plan 43402 in said Records:
Continuing from said intersection;
Thence southerly following the right bank of said Clachnacudainn Creek to the right bank of Illecillewaet River;
Thence northeasterly following the right bank of Illecillewaet River to the right bank of Woolsey Creek, formerly Silver Creek;
Thence northwesterly following the right bank of Woolsey Creek to the right bank of Maunder Creek;
Thence westerly and southwesterly following the right bank of Maunder Creek and its southwesterly production to the easterly limit of the watershed of La Forme Creek;
Thence southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly limits of the watershed of La Forme Creek to and along the southerly limit of the watershed of Martha Creek to the north boundary of Section 13, Township 25, Range 2, West of the 6th Meridian;
Thence westerly following the north boundary of said Section 13 to its northwest corner;
Thence southerly following the west boundaries of Sections 13, 12 and 1 in said Township 25 and Section 36, 25 and 24, Township 24, in said Range 2 to the southwest corner of said Section 24;
Thence westerly following the north boundary of Section 14 in said Township 24 to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of said Section 14;
Thence southerly following the west boundary of said northeast quarter Section to the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of said Section 14;
Fourthly,
In accordance with Plans 63417 and 67619 in said Records:
Continuing from the southwest corner of said northeast quarter of Section 14;
Thence on a bearing S45E13'10"W a distance of 1,149.83 metres to the southwest corner of said Section 14;
Thence on a bearing S45E13'50"W a distance of 1,148.94 metres to the southeast corner of Legal Subdivision 11 of Section 10, in said Township 24;
Thence on a bearing S45E23'30"W a distance of 575.98 metres to the northwest corner of Legal Subdivision 3 of said Section 10;
Fifthly,
In accordance with Plan 29235 in said records, being a copy of the plan of the southeast quarter Township 24, Range 2, West of the 6th Meridian:
Continuing from the northwest corner of said Legal Subdivision 3 of Section 10;
Thence southerly following the west boundary of said Legal Subdivision 3, and the west boundary of Legal Subdivision 14 of Section 3, to a point on said west boundary of Legal Subdivision 14 being the southeast corner of the north half of Legal Subdivision 13 of Section 3;
Thence on a bearing of 270E01N20O following the southerly boundary of said north half of Legal Subdivision 13, for a distance of about 254.69 metres to the northeast corner of Parcel A as shown on Plan 63325 in said records, a copy of which is deposited under number 10887 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 200E58N45O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel A, for a distance of about 51.55 metres to a point of deflection on said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 192E17N15O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel A, for a distance of about 133.06 metres to a point of deflection on said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 203E48N30O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel A, for a distance of about 137.24 metres to a point of deflection on said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 183E40N25Ofollowing the easterly boundary of said Parcel A, for a distance of about 101.03 metres to a point of deflection on said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 179E50N40O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel A, for a distance of about 101.40 metres to the southeast corner of said Parcel A, being a point on the southerly boundary of the north half of the south half of Legal Subdivision 12 of Section 3 as shown on said Plan 63325;
Thence on a bearing of 90E09N55O following said southerly boundary of the north half of the south half of Legal Subdivision 12, for a distance of about 151.63 metres to a point on said southerly boundary being the northwest corner of the south half of the southeast quarter of said Legal Subdivision 12;
Thence on a bearing of 181E13N30O following the westerly boundary of said south half of the southeast quarter of Legal Subdivision 12, for a distance of about 101.47 metres to the southwest corner of said south half of the southeast quarter of Legal Subdivision 12, as shown on Plan 41266 in said records, a copy of which is deposited under number DF20351 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 90E12N30O following the southerly boundary of said south half of the southeast quarter of Legal Subdivision 12, for a distance of about 33.63 metres, as shown on said Plan 41266, to a point being the northwest corner of part of the southwest quarter of Section 3 as shown on Plan 41269 in said records, a copy of which is deposited under number DF20353 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 180E00N00O following the westerly boundary of said part of the southwest quarter of Section 3, for a distance of about 204.95 metres to the southwest corner of said part of the southwest quarter of Section 3, as shown on said Plan 41269;
Thence on a bearing of 89E58N00O following the southerly boundary of said part of the southwest quarter of Section 3, for a distance of about 162.31 metres to a point on said southerly boundary as shown on Plan 43402 in said records, a copy of which is deposited under number DF23953 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 177E40N00O, for a distance of about 604.02 metres to the southeasterly corner of Legal Subdivision 4 of Section 3, as shown on said Plan 43402;
Thence on a bearing of 270E04N00O following the southerly boundary of Legal Subdivision 4, for a distance of about 151.24 metres to the northeasterly corner of Parcel B as shown on Plan 63326 in said records, a copy of which is deposited under number 10888 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 169E30N10O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel B, for a distance of about 128.02 metres, to a point of deflection in said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 111E20N00O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel B, for a distance of about 124.97 metres to a point of deflection in said easterly boundary;
Thence on a bearing of 190E55N20O following the easterly boundary of said Parcel B, for a distance of about 30.48 metres to the southeasterly corner of said Parcel B, said point being on a curve of radius 695.25 metres as shown on said Plan 63326;
Thence southeasterly following said curve of radius 695.25 metres, to the right, a distance along the curve of about 100.88 metres to a point on the curve as shown on said Plan 63326;
Thence continuing southeasterly following said curve of radius 695.25 metres, to the right, a distance along the curve of about 128.29 metres to the tangential end of curve as shown on Plan 43405 in said records;
Thence on a bearing of 133E36N30O, for a distance of about 397.85 metres as shown on said plan 43405, to the most northerly corner of Lot 100, as shown on Plan 765 deposited in said office, a copy of which is recorded as Plan 43208 in said records;
Thence on a bearing of 223E36N30O following the northwesterly boundary of said Lot 100, for a distance of about 70.71 metres to the most westerly corner of said Lot 100, as shown on said Plan 43405;
Thence on a bearing of 133E36N30O following the southwesterly boundary of said Lot 100 and the southwesterly boundary of Lot 99 on said Plan 43208, for a distance of about 99.06 metres to a point on said southwesterly boundary of Lot 99 being the most northerly corner of Lot 102 on said Plan 43208, as shown on said Plan 43405;
Thence on a bearing of 223E36N30O following the northwesterly boundary of said Lot 102, for a distance of about 11.01 metres to the most northerly corner of Parcel A as shown on Plan 67155 in said records, a copy of which is deposited as Plan P24400 in said office;
Thence on a bearing of 132E01N50O following the northeasterly boundary of said Parcel A to its intersection with the westerly production of the northerly boundaries of Lots 86 and 87 on said Plan 43208;
Thence easterly on the westerly production of the northerly boundaries of said Lots 86 and 87 to the most westerly corner of said Lot 86;
Thence southeasterly following the southwesterly boundaries of said Lots 86 and 87 as shown on said Plan 43208 to the most southerly corner of said Lot 87;
Thence northeasterly following the southeasterly boundary of said Lot 87 to the most easterly corner of Lot 87, said corner being on the northerly boundary of Lot 88 on said Plan 43208;
Thence on a bearing of 99E30N00O following the northerly boundary of said Lot 88, for a distance of about 9.94 metres to the northeasterly corner of said Lot 88, being a point on the easterly boundary of Legal Subdivision 7 of Section 34, Township 23, Range 2, West of the 6th Meridian as shown on Plan 43015 in said records;
Thence on a bearing of 0E35N00O following the easterly boundary of said Legal Subdivision 7, for a distance of about 136.12 metres, as shown on said Plan 43015, to the northeast corner of said Legal Subdivision 7, being the point of commencement.
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Schedule I, as amended, carried.
On Schedule II,
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27, in Schedule 2, be amended by replacing the second last paragraph of the description of Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada on page 116 by the following::
"Those lands included in the present description containing about 150.7 square kilometres and excluding the lands situated below the ordinary high water mark of the said Isles and Islets."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27, in Schedule 2, be amended by replacing the description of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada on pages 116 to 124 with the following:
"PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE OF CANADA
PART I
All those parcels or tracts of land, together with all that foreshore and land covered by water, situated in Clayoquot District and lying within the following described limits:
Commencing at the northeast corner of Wya Indian Reserve No. 7;
thence westerly along the northerly limit of Wya Indian Reserve No. 7 and continuing westerly along the westerly production of said northerly limit to the 20 metre isobath of the bed of the Pacific Ocean as shown on Canadian Hydrographic Service (C.H.S.) Chart 3603 and which indicates depths as being reduced to lowest normal tide, which at Tofino is 2.1 metres below mean water level;
thence in a general northwesterly direction along said 20 metre isobath to the westerly production of the northerly limit of District Lot 1360;
thence easterly along said westerly production of the northerly limit of District Lot 1360 to its northwest corner, being a point on the shore of Cox Bay, and continuing easterly along the northerly limits of District Lots 1360 and 256 to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of District Lot 256;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said northeast quarter of District Lot 256 to the easterly limit of District Lot 256;
thence southerly along said easterly limit of District Lot 256 to its southeast corner;
thence southerly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 1966;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of District Lot 1966 and continuing easterly along the easterly production of the southerly limit of said District Lot 1966 to the westerly limit of District Lot 242;
thence northerly along the westerly limits of District Lots 242, 243 and 250 to the northwest corner of said District Lot 250, being a point on the southerly shore of an unnamed arm of Browning Passage;
thence in a general easterly direction along said southerly shore of the unnamed arm, being the northerly limits of District Lots 250, 249, 251 and 252 to the northeast corner of said District Lot 252;
thence in a general northwesterly direction along said southerly shore of the unnamed arm and continuing in a general easterly direction along the southerly shore of Browning Passage to a point lying due west of the most westerly point of District Lot 1431;
thence on a bearing of 45°, a distance of about 221 to a point lying due west of the most northerly point of Dinner Island, being part of District Lot 288;
thence due east to said northerly point of Dinner Island and continuing due east 101 metres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 135°, to a point on the southerly shore of Browning Passage, said point lying about 704 metres due north and about 604 metres due east from the most westerly southwest corner of said District Lot 288;
thence southeasterly along said southerly shore of Browning Passage to a point lying due west of the most westerly point of Indian Island;
thence due east to said most westerly point of Indian Island;
thence in a general northeasterly and southeasterly direction along the shore of said Indian Island to its most easterly point;
thence southwesterly in a straight line to a point on the southerly shore of Tofino Inlet, said point being about 480 metres due east of the most southerly point of District Lot 1680, being Indian Island Indian Reserve No. 30;
thence on a bearing of 135° to the northerly limit of the watershed of Grice Bay;
thence in a general southeasterly direction along said northerly limit of the watershed of Grice Bay to the westerly limit of District Lot 1473;
thence southerly along the westerly limits of District Lots 1473 and 1472 to the southwest corner of said District Lot 1472;
thence due south to the northerly limit of District Lot 494;
thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of District Lots 494 and 487A to the northwest corner of District Lot 398;
thence easterly along the northerly limits of District Lots 398 and 403 to the northwest corner of District Lot 404;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said District Lot 404 to the northwest corner of District Lot 1385;
thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of said District Lot 1385 and the west half of District Lot 1321 to the southwest corner of the east half of District Lot 1321;
thence easterly along the southerly limits of District Lot 1321 and 1320 to the northwest corner of the east half of District Lot 1314;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said east half of District Lot 1314 to the northwest corner of District Lot 428;
thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of District Lot 428 to the southwest corner of District Lot 1313;
thence easterly along the southerly limit of said District Lot 1313 to the northeast corner of District Lot 442;
thence southerly along the easterly limits of District Lots 442, 441, 447, 461 and 464 to the northeast corner of Lot 1 of District Lot 467 as shown on a plan deposited in the Land Title Office at Victoria as 44818;
thence southerly and westerly along the easterly and southerly limits of said Lot 1 as shown on said Plan 44818, to the northeast corner of Wya Indian Reserve No. 7, being the point of commencement.
EXCEPT
FIRSTLY: the whole of Oo-oolth Indian Reserve No. 8, Quisitis Indian Reserve No. 9, Kootowis Indian Reserve No. 4, Esowista Indian Reserve No. 3 and Indian Island Indian Reserve No. 30;
SECONDLY: the Tofino Airport, described as:
a) District Lots 167, 168, 169, 170 and 178, Clayoquot District;
b) those portions of District Lots 163, 164 and 165 lying to the north of Tofino-Ucluelet Highway as shown on Plan 1417RW in said office, a copy of which is recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at Ottawa as 82048, excepting from said District Lot 163, Parcel A as shown on Plan 32328 in said office, a copy of which is recorded in said records as 65248;
c) those portions of District Lots 113, 166 and 192 lying to the north and east of Tofino-Ucluelet Highway on said Plan 1417RW in said office;
d) those portions of District Lots 193, 194, 195 and 196 lying to the east of Plan 1371RW in said office.
PART II
All those parcels or tracts of land, together with all that foreshore and land covered by water, situated in Barclay District and lying within the following described limits:
Commencing at the centre of Sail Rock, being a small islet west of Benson Island, District Lot 43;
thence due north 2.735 kilometres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 38°, a distance of 8.046 kilometres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 115° 30', a distance of 9.334 kilometres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 217°, a distance of 12.391 kilometres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 296°, a distance of about 6.598 kilometres to a point due south of the centre of Sail Rock;
thence due north about 1.931 kilometres to the centre of Sail Rock, being the point of commencement.
EXCEPT the whole of each of the following:
Cleho Indian Reserve No. 6, Keith Island Indian Reserve No. 7, Nettle Island Indian Reserve No. 5 and Omoah Indian Reserve No. 9.
PART III
Firstly: Lot A in Section 18 as shown on Plan 38380 in said office, and the west half of the north half of the north half of the southeast quarter of said Section 18, all in Township 1, Barclay District.
Secondly: Lot 1 of Sections 1 and 12 as shown on Plan 44813 in said office, a copy of which is recorded in said records as 82763, Lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 as shown on a plan recorded in said records as 83569, and Lot A in Section 1 as shown on Plan 10982 in said office, a copy of which is recorded in said records as 82765, all in Township 11, Renfrew District.
Thirdly: All those parcels or tracts of land, together with all that foreshore and land covered by water, situated in Barclay and Renfrew Districts, and lying within the following described limits:
Commencing at the southwest corner of Oyees Indian Reserve No. 9, Renfrew District, being a point on the southeasterly shore of Nitinat Lake;
thence easterly along the southerly limit of said Oyees Indian Reserve No. 9 to its southeast corner;
thence due south 1.006 kilometres to a point;
thence due east 783 metres to a point;
thence southerly in a straight line to the northwest corner of Block A of District Lot 756;
thence easterly along the northerly limit of said Block A of District Lot 756 to its northeast corner;
thence southerly along the easterly limits of Blocks A and B of District Lot 756 to Pipe Post No. 1, being a point on the easterly limit of the Reserve for Pacific Rim National Park as shown on Plan 12 Tube 1410 on file with the Office of The Surveyor General of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, a copy of which is recorded in said records as 71572;
thence in general westerly and southwesterly directions along said easterly limit of the Reserve for Pacific Rim National Park as shown on said Plan 12 Tube 1410 to the northeast corner of Section 56;
thence southerly along the easterly limit of said Section 56 to its southeast corner;
thence on a bearing of 190°, a distance of 609 metres to a point;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the northeast corner of Section 50;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point on the easterly limit of District Lot 727, said point being about 340 metres due north and about 1.319 kilometres due west from the northeast corner of District Lot 730;
thence due east to the right bank of Carmanah Creek;
thence in a general southerly direction along said right bank of Carmanah Creek to a point about 305 metres due south and about 230 metres due east from the northeast corner of District Lot 729;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the most northerly northeast corner of District Lot 732;
thence southerly and easterly along the easterly and northerly limits of said District Lot 732 to the northwest corner of District Lot 734;
thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of said District Lot 734 to the northerly limit of District Lot 49;
thence easterly along the northerly limits of District Lots 49 and 736 to the northeast corner of said District Lot 736;
thence southerly along the easterly limit of said District Lot 736 to the northwest corner of District Lot 737;
thence easterly along the northerly limit of said District Lot 737 to its northeast corner;
thence on a bearing of 110°, a distance of 7.320 kilometres to a point;
thence due east 4.828 kilometres to a point;
thence due north 920 metres to a point;
thence northeasterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 708;
thence easterly along the northerly limit of said District Lot 708 to its northeast corner;
thence easterly in a straight line to the southwest corner of the Fractional south half of Section 11, Township 11;
thence northerly and easterly along the westerly and northerly limits of said Fractional south half of Section 11 to a point on the right bank of Gordon River, and shown as the most northerly northeast corner of Lot A of said Section 11, Township 11, Renfrew District as shown on Plan 44812 in said office, a copy of which is recorded in said records as 82764;
thence in a general southerly direction along said right bank of Gordon River and continuing southerly along the right bank of San Juan River to the northwesterly shore of Port San Juan;
thence in a general southwesterly direction along said northwesterly shore of Port San Juan to a point lying about 1.0 metres due south of the P.Rock shown on Plan 7 Tube 1550, on file with said Office of The Surveyor General, a copy of which is recorded in said records as Plan 73926, being a survey of part of the easterly limit of the Reserve for Pacific Rim National Park;
thence southerly along said easterly limit of the Reserve for Pacific Rim National Park, as shown on said Plan 7 Tube 1550 to the P.Rock at the most easterly point of Owen Island, shown on said Plan 7 Tube 1550, and continuing southerly along the southerly production of said easterly limit to the 20 metre isobath of the bed of Juan de Fuca Strait, as shown on Canadian Hydrographic Service (C.H.S.) Chart 3606 and which indicates depths as being reduced to lowest normal tide, which at Port Renfrew is 2.0 metres below mean water level;
thence in a general northwesterly direction along said 20 metre isobath of the bed of Juan de Fuca Strait and continuing in general northwesterly and northeasterly directions along the 20 metre isobath of the bed of the Pacific Ocean as shown on Canadian Hydrographic Service (C.H.S.) Chart 3602 and which indicates depths as being reduced to lowest normal tide, which at Bamfield is 2.0 metres below mean water level, to a point lying due west of the northwest corner of District Lot 412, Barclay District;
thence due east to said northwest corner of District Lot 412, being a point on the northerly shore of Tapaltos Bay;
thence easterly along the northerly limits of District lot 412, Fractional Section 7 and Fractional Section 8 of Township 1, to the northwest corner of Anacla Indian Reserve No. 12;
thence southerly along the westerly limit of Anacla Indian Reserve No. 12 to its southwest corner, being a point on the right bank of Pachena River;
thence on a bearing of 100°, a distance of about 183 metres to the northeasterly shore of Pachena Bay, being a point on the southerly limit of said Anacla Indian Reserve No. 12;
thence in a general southeasterly direction along said northeasterly shore of Pachena Bay to the southeast corner of said Anacla Indian Reserve No. 12;
thence northerly along the easterly limit of Anacla Indian Reserve No. 12 to the northwest corner of Lot 1 of Section 9, Township 1, as shown on Plan 44819 in said office;
thence easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of said Lot 1 on said Plan 44819, to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of Section 4, Township 1;
thence southerly along the westerly limit of said northeast quarter of Section 4 to its southwest corner;
thence southwesterly in a straight line to the northeast corner of District Lot 659;
thence southwesterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 273;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said District Lot 273 to the northeast corner of District Lot 275;
thence southerly along the easterly limit of said District Lot 275 to its southeast corner;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 281;
thence easterly along the northerly limits of District Lots 281 and 282 to the Pipe Post set as a quarter post on the northerly limit of said District Lot 282;
thence on a bearing of 140°, a distance of 240 metres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 108°, a distance of 680 metres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 119°, a distance of 1.670 kilometres to a point;
thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District lot 288;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the most northeasterly internal corner of District Lot 103;
thence easterly along the northerly limits of District Lots 103, 60 and 59 to the northwesterly internal corner of District Lot 59;
thence easterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 527;
thence easterly along the northerly limit of District Lot 527, Barclay District, a distance of about 650 metres to the northwesterly limit of the watershed of Tsusiat Lake;
thence in a general northeasterly direction along the northwesterly limits of the watersheds of Tsusiat and Hobiton Lakes to a point being about 3.010 kilometres due north and about 1.690 kilometres due west of the northwest corner of Homitan Indian Reserve No. 8;
thence due east 600 metres to a point;
thence on a bearing of 139°, a distance of 1.100 kilometres to a point;
thence due south to the northwesterly limit of the watershed of Nitinat Lake;
thence in a general southwesterly direction along said northwesterly limit of the watershed of Nitinat Lake to a point being about 260 metres due north and about 860 metres due west of the northwest corner of Homitan Indian Reserve No. 8;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of the left bank of Hobiton Creek with the westerly limit of Homitan Indian Reserve No. 8;
thence southerly and easterly along the westerly and southerly limits of Homitan Indian Reserve No. 8 to its southeast corner, being a point on the westerly shore of Nitinat Lake;
thence in a general southwesterly direction along said westerly shore of Nitinat Lake to a point lying due north of the northwest corner of District Lot 769, Renfrew District;
thence southeasterly in a straight line to the most northerly point of Block A of District Lot 746, Renfrew District, being a point on the southerly shore of Nitinat Lake;
thence in general easterly and northeasterly directions along said southerly shore of Nitinat Lake, to the southwest corner of Oyees Indian Reserve No. 9, being the point of commencement.
EXCEPT
FIRSTLY: the whole of each of the following:
Ahuk Indian Reserve No. 1, Carmanah Indian Reserve No. 6, Cheewat Indian Reserve No. 4A, Claoose Indian Reserve No. 4, Clutus Indian Reserve No. 11, Cullite Indian Reserve No. 3, Iktuksasuk Indian Reserve No. 7, Kich-ha Indian Reserve No. 10, Masit Indian Reserve No. 13, Sarque Indian Reserve No. 5, Tsuquanah Indian Reserve No. 2, and Wyah Indian Reserve No. 3;
SECONDLY: Lot 2 of Block 10, Lots 1 and 2 of Block 16, Lot 8 of Block 18 and Lot 3 of Block 37, all of Section 57, Plan 1771 in said office, and Block 7 of District Lot 527, Plan 2008 in said office, and Section 63, all in Renfrew District.
PART IV
All those parcels or tracts of land, together with all that foreshore and land covered by water, situated in Clayoquot District and lying within the following described limits:
Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 70, Alberni District (situated in Clayoquot District), being a point on the southerly shore of Kennedy Lake;
thence southerly along the easterly limit of said Section 70 to the northwesterly limit of Alberni-Tofino Highway, as shown on Plan 1936RW in said office;
thence in a general southerly direction along the westerly limit of said Alberni-Tofino Highway to the southeast corner of Lot 1 of Sections 69 and 70, Alberni District (situated in Clayoquot District), Plan 44820 in said office;
thence westerly, northerly, westerly and northerly along the southerly and westerly limits of said Lot 1 to its northwest corner, being a point on the southerly shore of Kennedy Lake;
thence due north 300 metres to a point;
thence easterly in a straight line to a point 500 metres due north of the northeast corner of said Section 70;
thence due south to said northeast corner of Section 70, being the point of commencement."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Mauril Bélanger moved, -- That Bill C-27, in Schedule 2, be amended by replacing the second last paragraph of the description of Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada on page 116 by the following:
Those lands included in the present description containing about 150.7 square kilometres and excluding the lands situated below the ordinary high water mark of the said Isles and Islets."
After debate, the question being put on the amendment, it was adopted.
Schedule II, as amended, carried.
Schedule III carried.
Schedule IV carried.
Schedule V carried.
The Title carried.
Clause 1 carried.
The Bill, as amended, carried.
ORDERED, -- That Bill C-27, An Act respecting the national parks of Canada, as amended, be reprinted for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage.
ORDERED, -- That the Chair report Bill C-27 with amendments to the House as the First Report of the Committee.
At 7:05 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Normand Radford
Clerk of the Committee