§ 355. — Change of 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: 16USC355]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXIX--DENALI NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 355. Change of boundaries
The boundary of the Denali National Park is changed so as to read as
follows:
Beginning at the summit of a hill between the Toklat River and the
Clearwater Fork of that river at an approximate latitude of sixty-three
degrees forty-seven minutes forty-five seconds, longitude one hundred
and fifty degrees seventeen minutes forty seconds, which is intended to
be same point of beginning of the boundary description as contained in
section 347 of this title; thence southerly along the summit of the
ridge between Toklat River and the Clearwater Fork of said river and
across Stony Creek at its confluence with the said Clearwater Fork to
the summit of the ridge between Stony Creek and the Clearwater Fork of
the Toklat River, thence following the summit of said ridge and the
summit of the ridge between the tributaries of said Clearwater Fork, the
headwaters of the North Fork of Moose Creek and Boundary Creek to the
intersection with the present boundary of Denali National Park at
approximate latitude of sixty-three degrees thirty-two minutes forty-
five seconds, longitude one hundred and fifty degrees twenty-four
minutes forty-five seconds; thence southwesterly fourteen and three-
tenths miles, more or less, to a point one-half mile north of Wonder
Lake on the stream flowing out of Wonder Lake into Moose Creek; thence
south sixty-eight degrees west forty-three and five-tenths miles, more
or less, to the point of intersection with the southwest boundary
extended; thence southeasterly thirty-three miles, more or less, to the
summit of Mount Russell; thence in a northeasterly direction following
the present south boundary approximately eighty-eight miles to Windy
Creek at approximate latitude sixty-three degrees twenty-five minutes
forty-five seconds, longitude one hundred and forty-nine degrees one
minute thirty-five seconds; thence easterly following the north bank of
Windy Creek to the western boundary of The Alaska Railroad right-of-way;
thence northerly following the west boundary of The Alaska Railroad
right-of-way to a point due east of the present north boundary of the
park as extended due east; thence due west following the present north
boundary of the park to the summit of the ridge between Toklat River and
the Clearwater Fork of said river; thence southerly following the summit
of said ridge to the place of beginning: Provided, however, That such
isolated tracts of land lying east of The Alaska Railroad right-of-way
and the west bank of the Nenana River between the north bank of Windy
Creek and the north park boundary as extended eastward are also included
in said park: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall
affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws
of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or
any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such
claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his
land.
(Mar. 19, 1932, ch. 88, Sec. 1, 47 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 96-487, title II,
Sec. 202(3)(a), Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2382.)
References in Text
The land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 26, 1917, ch. 121, 39
Stat. 938, which comprises this subchapter.
Change of Name
``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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 355a of this title.
