§ 221. — Establishment; boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC221]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXIV--GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 221. Establishment; boundaries
There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or
disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart
as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, under the
name of the ``Grand Canyon National Park'', the tract of land in the
State of Arizona particularly described by and included within metes and
bounds, as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a point which is the northeast corner of township 30
north, range 1 east, of the Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona;
thence west on township line between townships 30 and 31 north, range 1
east, to section corner common to sections 1 and 2, township 30 north,
range 1 east, and 35 and 36 township 31 north, range 1 east; thence
north on section lines to the intersection with Tobocobya Spring-Rowe
Well Road; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly side of said
Tobocobya Spring-Rowe Well Road, passing and in relation to United
States Geological Survey bench marks stamped ``Canyon'' and numbered
6340, 6235, 6372, 6412, 6302, 6144, and 6129, through townships 31 and
32 north, ranges 1 east and 1 and 2 west, to its intersection with the
section line between sections 9 and 16 in township 32 north, range 2
west; thence west along the section lines through townships 32 north,
ranges 2 and 3 west, to its intersection with upper westerly rim of
Cataract Canyon; thence northwesterly along upper rim of Cataract
Canyon, crossing Hualapai Canyon and continuing northwesterly along said
upper rim to its intersection with range line, township 33 north,
between ranges 4 and 5 west; thence north on said range line, townships
33 and 34 north, ranges 4 and 5 west, to north bank of the Colorado
River; thence northeasterly along the north bank of the Colorado River
to junction with Tapeats Creek; thence easterly along north bank of
Tapeats Creek to junction with Spring Creek; thence easterly along the
north bank of Spring Creek to its intersection with Gila and Salt River
meridian, township 34 north, between ranges 1 east and 1 west and
between section 6, township 34 north, range 1 east, and section 1,
township 34 north, range 1 west; thence south on range line between
ranges 1 east and 1 west to section corner common to sections 7 and 18,
township 34 north, range 1 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 34
north, range 1 west; thence east on section lines to section corner
common to sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 34 north, range 2 east;
thence south on section lines to township line between townships 33 and
34 north, range 2 east, at section corner common to sections 31 and 32,
township 34 north, range 2 east, and sections 5 and 6, township 33
north, range 2 east; thence east on township line to section corner
common to sections 31 and 32, township 34 north, range 3 east, and
sections 5 and 6, township 33 north, range 3 east; thence south on
section lines to section corner common to sections 17, 18, 19, and 20,
township 33 north, range 3 east; thence east on section lines to section
corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 24, township 33 north, range 3
east; thence north on section lines to section corner common to sections
1, 2, 11, and 12, township 33 north, range 3 east; thence east on
section lines to the intersection with upper rim of Grand Canyon; thence
northerly along said upper rim of Grand Canyon to main hydrographic
divide north of Nankoweap Creek; thence easterly along the said
hydrographic divide to its intersection with the Colorado River,
approximately at the mouth of Nankoweap Creek; thence easterly across
the Colorado River and up the hydrographic divide nearest the junction
of Nankoweap Creek and Colorado River to a point on the upper east rim
of the Grand Canyon; thence by shortest route to an intersection with
range line, townships 33 and 34 north, between ranges 5 and 6 east;
thence south on said range line, between ranges 5 and 6 east, to section
corner common to sections 18 and 19, township 33 north, range 6 east,
and sections 13 and 24, township 33 north, range 5 east; thence east on
section lines to section corner common to sections 16, 17, 20, and 21,
township 33 north, range 6 east; thence south on section lines to
section corner common to sections 8, 9, 16, and 17, township 31 north,
range 6 east; thence west on section line to section corner common to
sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 31 north, range 6 east; thence south
on section lines to township line between townships 30 and 31 north at
section corner common to sections 31 and 32, township 31 north, range 6
east, and sections 5 and 6, township 30 north, range 6 east; thence west
on township line to section corner common to sections 34 and 35,
township 31 north, range 5 east, and sections 2 and 3, township 30
north, range 5 east; thence south on section line to section corner
common to sections 2, 3, 10, and 11, township 30 north, range 5 east;
thence west on section lines to range line, township 30 north, between
ranges 4 and 5 east, to section corner common to sections 6 and 7,
township 30 north, range 5 east, and 1 and 12, township 30 north, range
4 east; thence south on range line, township 30 north, between ranges 4
and 5 east, to section corner common to sections 7 and 18, township 30
north, range 5 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 30 north, range 4
east; thence west on section line to section corner common to sections
11, 12, 13, and 14, township 30 north, range 4 east; thence south on
section line to section corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 24,
township 30 north, range 4 east; thence west on section lines to section
corner common to sections 15, 16, 21, and 22, township 30 north, range 4
east; thence south on section line to section corner common to sections
21, 22, 27, and 28, township 30 north, range 4 east; thence west on
section lines to range line, township 30 north, between ranges 3 and 4
east, at section corner common to sections 19 and 30, township 30 north,
range 4 east, and sections 24 and 25, township 30 north, range 3 east;
thence north on range line to section corner common to sections 18 and
19, township 30 north, range 4 east, and sections 13 and 24, township 30
north, range 3 east; thence west on section lines to section corner
common to sections 14, 15, 22, and 23, township 30 north, range 3 east;
thence north on section line to section corner common to sections 10,
11, 14, and 15, township 30 north, range 3 east; thence west on section
lines to range line at section corner common to sections 7 and 18,
township 30 north, range 3 east, and sections 12 and 13, township 30
north, range 2 east; thence north on range line to section corner common
to sections 6 and 7, township 30 north, range 3 east, and sections 1 and
12, township 30 north, range 2 east; thence west on section line to
section corner common to sections 1, 2, 11, and 12, township 30 north,
range 2 east; thence north on section line to township line at section
corner common to sections 35 and 36, township 31 north, range 2 east,
and sections 1 and 2, township 30 north, range 2 east; thence west on
township line to the northeast corner of township 30 north, range 1
east, the place of beginning.
(Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 44, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 1175.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-620, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2089, provided
that: ``This act [enacting sections 228a to 228j of this title, amending
section 227 of this title, and repealing section 223 of this title] may
be cited as the `Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 221b of this title.
