§ 191. — Establishment; boundaries; reclamation project.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC191]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXI--ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 191. Establishment; boundaries; reclamation project
The tract of land in the State of Colorado particularly described by
and included within metes and bounds as follows, to wit: Beginning at
the southeast corner of section 34, township 3 north, range 73 west of
the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, thence north along the section
lines to the northeast corner of section 3, said township; thence west
to the northwest corner of said section; thence north along the section
lines to the northeast corner of section 16, township 4 north, range 73
west; thence west to the northwest corner of said section; thence north
to the northeast corner of section 8, said township; thence west along
the section lines to the northwest corner of section 7, said township;
thence north to the northeast corner of township 4 north, range 74 west;
thence west along the first correction line north, to the southeast
corner of section 36, township 5 north, range 74 west; thence north
along the range line to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of section 13, said township; thence west to the
northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of
section 14, said township; thence north to the northwest corner of the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 11, said township;
thence east to the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 12, said township; thence south along the
range line to the southeast corner of said section; thence east along
the section lines to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of
section 10, township 5 north, range 73 west; thence north to the
northeast corner of the southwest quarter of said section; thence east
to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said section; thence
north to the northeast corner of said section; thence east to the
southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 2, said township; thence north to the northeast corner of the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence east
to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, said section; thence north to the northeast corner of the
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence east
to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section 1, said
township; thence north along the range line to the northeast corner of
section 36, township 7 north, range 73 west; thence west along the
section lines to the intersection with the west bank of the Big South
Cache la Poudre River in township 7 north, range 75 west; thence
southeasterly along the west bank of said river to the mouth of a
tributary of said river, probably in section 1, township 6 north, range
75 west; said tributary heading at La Poudre Pass in section 20,
township 6 north, range 75 west; thence southwesterly along the west
bank of said tributary to its head; thence across the Continental Divide
to the headwaters of the North Fork of the Grand River, which also heads
at La Poudre Pass; thence down the west bank of the North Fork of the
Grand River to its intersection with the section line between sections
29 and 30, township 6 north, range 75 west; thence south along the
section lines to the southeast corner of section 18, township 5 north,
range 75 west; thence west along the section line to its intersection
with the west bank of the North Fork of the Grand River; thence down the
west bank of the North Fork of the Grand River to its intersection with
the section line between sections 25 and 36, township 4 north, range 76
west; thence east to the northeast corner of section 36, said township;
thence south along the range line to the southeast corner of said
township; thence east along the township line to the northeast corner of
the northwest quarter of section 4, township 3 north, range 75 west;
thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of section
9, said township; thence west along the quarter section line to its
intersection with a creek in section 7, said township, this creek being
an outlet of Grand Lake, and flowing into the North Fork of the Grand
River; thence southerly along the said creek to its junction with the
North Fork of the Grand River; thence southerly along the west bank of
the North Fork of the Grand River to its intersection with the township
line between townships 2 and 3 north; thence east along the township
line to the southeast corner of section 34, township 3 north, range 73
west of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, the place of beginning,
is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under
the laws of the United States, and is dedicated and set apart as a
public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United
States, under the name of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The United
States Reclamation service may enter upon and utilize for flowage or
other purposes any area within said park which may be necessary for the
development and maintenance of a Government reclamation project.
(Jan. 26, 1915, ch. 19, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 798.)
Codification
A statement in this section as originally enacted that the tract
described was then a part of certain counties in Colorado has been
omitted as historically obsolete.
Additions to Rocky Mountain National Park
The following provisions authorized the addition of lands to Rocky
Mountain National Park:
Pub. L. 104-158, Sec. 2(b)(1), July 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 1406.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 193, 194, 197 of this title.
