§ 403f. — Great Smoky Mountains National Park; extension 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: 16USC403f]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVI--SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 403f. Great Smoky Mountains National Park; extension of
boundaries
The boundary limits of the tract of land in the Great Smoky
Mountains in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, recommended by
the Secretary of the Interior in his report of April 14, 1926, for the
establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, are extended
to include lands adjacent to the east boundary as defined in said report
to a line approximately as follows:
From a point on top of the Balsam Mountains at the boundary of Swain
and Hayward Counties just north of Black Camp Gap; thence following east
the top of the mountain range to Jonathan Knob and Hemphill Bald; thence
along top of ridge through Camp Gap to Bent Knee Knob; thence following
the main ridge to Cataloochee Creek to a point on the boundary of the
area described in report of the Secretary of the Interior of April 14,
1926; and the lands within said boundary extension, or any part thereof,
may be accepted on behalf of the United States in accordance with the
provisions of sections 403 and 403a to 403c of this title for inclusion
in the area to be known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
(Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 197, 46 Stat. 225.)
