§ 347. — 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: 16USC347]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXIX--DENALI NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 347. Establishment; boundaries
The tract of land in the Territory of Alaska particularly described
by and included within the metes and bounds, to wit: Beginning at a
point as shown on Plate III, reconnaissance map of the Mount McKinley
region, Alaska, prepared in the United States Geological Survey, edition
of 1911, said point being at the summit of a hill between two forks of
the headwaters of the Toklat River, approximate latitude sixty-three
degrees forty-seven minutes, longitude one hundred and fifty degrees
twenty minutes; thence south six degrees twenty minutes west nineteen
miles; thence south sixty-eight degrees west sixty miles; thence in a
southeasterly direction approximately twenty-eight miles to the summit
of Mount Russell; thence in a northeasterly direction approximately
eighty-nine miles to a point twenty-five miles due south of a point due
east of the point of beginning; thence due north twenty-five miles to
said point; thence due west twenty-eight and one-half miles to the point
of beginning, is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or
disposal under the laws of the United States, and said tract is
dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment
of the people, under the name of the Denali National Park. In addition
to the above-described tract, all those lands lying between the south,
east, and north boundaries above described and the following described
boundary are made a part of and included in the Denali National Park for
all purposes, to wit: Beginning at the summit of Mount Russell, which is
the present southwest corner of the park; thence in a northeasterly
direction one hundred miles, more or less, to a point on the one hundred
and forty-ninth meridian, which is twenty-five miles south of a point
due east of the upper northwest corner of the park; thence north along
the one hundred and forty-ninth meridian twenty-five miles; thence west
forty miles, more or less, to the upper northwest corner of Denali
National Park as existing prior to January 30, 1922.
(Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 938; Jan. 30, 1922, ch. 39, 42
Stat. 359; Pub. L. 96-487, title II, Sec. 202(3)(a), Dec. 2, 1980, 94
Stat. 2382; Pub. L. 102-154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)
Codification
The first sentence of this section was from section 1 of act Feb.
26, 1917, and the second sentence, comprising the remainder of the
section, from act Jan. 30, 1922.
As originally enacted the second sentence of this section, extending
the boundaries of the park, provided as follows ``That the south, east,
and north boundaries of the Mount McKinley National Park are hereby
changed as follows: Beginning at the summit of Mount Russell, which is
the present southwest corner of the park; thence in a northeasterly
direction one hundred miles, more or less, to a point on the one hundred
and forty-ninth meridian which is twenty-five miles south of a point due
east of the upper northwest corner of the park; thence north along the
one hundred and forty-ninth meridian twenty-five miles; thence west
forty miles, more or less, to the present upper northwest corner of
Mount McKinley National Park. And all these lands lying between the
above-described boundary and the present south, east, and north
boundaries are hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy,
or disposal, and under the laws of the United States said lands are
hereby made a part of and included in the Mount McKinley National Park;
and all the provisions of the Act to establish Mount McKinley National
Park, Alaska, and for other purposes, approved February 26, 1917, are
hereby made applicable to and extended over lands hereby added to the
park.''
Change of Name
``United States Geological Survey'' substituted in text for
``Geological Survey'' pursuant to provision of title I of Pub. L. 102-
154, set out as a note under section 31 of Title 43, Public Lands.
``Denali National Park'' substituted in text for ``Mount McKinley
National Park'' pursuant to Pub. L. 96-487, Sec. 202(3)(a), which is
classified to section 410hh-1(3)(a) of this title and which added lands
to the park, established additional land as the Denali National
Preserve, and redesignated the whole as the Denali National Park and
Preserve.
Feasibility Study for Northern Access Route Into Denali National Park
and Preserve
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110
Stat. 1321-156, 1321-164; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part that:
``The National Park Service shall, within existing funds, conduct a
Feasibility Study for a northern access route into Denali National Park
and Preserve in Alaska, to be completed within one year of the enactment
of this Act [Apr. 26, 1996] and submitted to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations and to the Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources and the House Committee on Resources. The Feasibility
Study shall ensure that resource impacts from any plan to create such
access route are evaluated with accurate information and according to a
process that takes into consideration park values, visitor needs, a full
range of alternatives, the viewpoints of all interested parties,
including the tourism industry and the State of Alaska, and potential
needs for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act [of
1969] [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.]. The Study shall also address the time
required for development of alternatives and identify all associated
costs.
``This Feasibility Study shall be conducted solely by the National
Park Service planning personnel permanently assigned to National Park
Service offices located in the State of Alaska in consultation with the
State of Alaska Department of Transportation.''
Admission of Alaska as State
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on
issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as
required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
