§ 410bb-2. — Cooperation with Canada for planning and development of international park.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410bb-2]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX--KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 410bb-2. Cooperation with Canada for planning and
development of international park
(a) Presidential proclamation
The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, is
authorized to consult and cooperate with appropriate officials of the
Government of Canada and Provincial or Territorial officials regarding
planning and development of the park, and an international historical
park. At such time as the Secretary shall advise the President of the
United States that planning, development, and protection of the adjacent
or related historic and scenic resources in Canada have been
accomplished by the Government of Canada in a manner consistent with the
purposes for which the park was established, and upon enactment of a
provision similar to this section by the proper authority of the
Canadian Government, the President is authorized to issue a proclamation
designating and including the park as part of an international
historical park to be known as Klondike Gold Rush International
Historical Park.
(b) Retention of ``National'' designation for purpose of authorization
For purposes of administration, promotion, development, and support
by appropriations, that part of the Klondike Gold Rush International
Historical Park within the territory of the United States shall continue
to be designated as the ``Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park''.
(Pub. L. 94-323, Sec. 3, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 718.)
Proc. No. 7114. Designating Klondike Gold Rush International Historical
Park
Proc. No. 7114, Aug. 5, 1998, 63 F.R. 42563, provided:
A century ago, the Klondike Gold Rush began a migration that forever
changed Alaska and the Yukon Territory. More than 100,000 people headed
north during 1897 and 1898, catapulting a little-known region from
obscurity to the center of the world stage. While the Klondike was not
the first or largest western gold rush, coming nearly 50 years after the
1848 gold discovery at Sutter's Mill, California, it is remembered for
the sheer drama by which it was announced to the world and for its
century-long influence on Alaska and the upper Yukon River basin.
The United States and Canada have been engaged for 30 years in joint
planning and cooperation to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush and
preserve historic structures and trails on both sides of the
international boundary. In 1976, the Government of the United States
established Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, consisting of a
Seattle unit, a Skagway unit, a Chilkoot Pass unit, and a White Pass
unit, to preserve the historic structures and trails. The Government of
Canada has recognized the national significance of the Chilkoot Trail
and Dawson Historical Complex by designating them as National Historic
Sites. It has also designated a section of the Yukon River as a Canadian
Heritage River and taken other steps to commemorate the rich history of
this region.
It is the desire of the United States to join our Canadian neighbors
in celebrating our shared history on the occasion of the centennial of
the Klondike Gold Rush and to reaffirm the commitment of the United
States to continuing the joint efforts of both nations to preserve our
shared Klondike history.
In 1996, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien proclaimed that,
``the governments of Canada and the United States and of Yukon and
Alaska in a long-standing spirit of cooperation have agreed to establish
the Klondike Gold Rush International Historic Park, incorporating the
resources of the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in British
Columbia and the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Alaska .
. .''
Section 3(a) of U.S. Public Law 94-323 [16 U.S.C. 410bb-2(a)]
states, ``At such time . . . that planning, development, and protection
of the adjacent or related historic and scenic resources in Canada have
been accomplished by the Government of Canada in a manner consistent
with the purposes for which the park was established, and upon enactment
of a provision similar to this section by the proper authority of the
Canadian Government, the President is authorized to issue a proclamation
designating and including the park as a part of an international
historical park to be known as Klondike Gold Rush International
Historical Park.''
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section
3(a) of Public Law 94-323 [16 U.S.C. 410bb-2(a)] of June 30, 1976, do
proclaim that Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is designated
and included as part of an international historical park to be known as
Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of
August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-eight, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-third.
William J. Clinton.
