2004 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 37th Parliament
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HONOURABLE BILL BARISOFF
MINISTER OF WATER, LAND
AND AIR PROTECTION

BILL 50 -- 2004

PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2004

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Park Act

1 The Park Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 344, is amended by adding the following section:

Collaborative agreements

4.1 The minister may enter into an agreement relating to the administration and management of matters and things referred to in section 3 or 6 with any of the following:

(a) a government corporation;

(b) a local government;

(c) the government of Canada, the government of a province of Canada, the government of a jurisdiction outside Canada or an official or agency of any of those governments;

(d) a band, as defined in the Indian Act (Canada), or another legal entity representing an aboriginal community;

(e) any other person or persons.

 
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

2 The Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, S.B.C. 2000, c. 17, is amended by repealing Schedules A, B, C and D and substituting the attached Schedules A, B, C and D.

3 Schedule C, as amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by repealing the description of Porteau Cove Park and substituting the following:

PORTEAU COVE PARK

All those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, situated in Group 1, New Westminster District and contained within the described boundaries as shown on the Official Plan deposited in the Crown Land Registry as Plan 2 Tube 1898; except the upland and foreshore shown on Ministry of Transportation Explanatory Plan No. R10447-310, on file in the Ministry of Transportation Regional Office, New Westminster.

The whole park containing approximately 55 hectares (4 hectares of upland and 51 hectares of foreshore).

4 Schedule D, as amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by repealing the description of Maquinna Marine Park and substituting the following:

MAQUINNA MARINE PARK

All those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, situated in Clayoquot District and contained within the following described boundaries:

Firstly: Lot A, District Lot 1372, Plan 10197, except part in Plan 51118;

Lot 1372, except parts in Plans 10197, 10335 and 51118;

District Lot 486;

District Lot 697.

Secondly: commencing at the southeast corner of "Openit" Indian Reserve No. 27, being a point on the westerly shore natural boundary of Sydney Inlet;

thence due East a distance of 500 metres;

thence due South a distance of 1.67 kilometres;

thence westerly in a straight line to a point lying 500 metres due South from Sharp Point;

thence northwesterly on a bearing of 280 a distance of 1.77 kilometres;

thence northwesterly on a bearing of 324 a distance of approximately 365 metres to a point lying 174 metres due West and 440 metres due South from the southeast corner of District Lot 1476 and lying parallel to and 500 metres perpendicularly distant from the westerly shore natural boundary of Vancouver Island;

thence in a general northwesterly direction along a line drawn parallel to and 500 metres perpendicularly distant from the natural boundary of Vancouver Island to a point lying due West of the northwest corner of District Lot 1146;

thence due East to the northwest corner of District Lot 1146, being a point on the easterly shore natural boundary of Hesquiat Harbour;

thence in a general southeasterly direction along the natural boundary of Hesquiat Harbour to a point, being the southwest corner of District Lot 1146;

thence easterly along the southerly boundary of District Lot 1146 to a point lying parallel to and 300 metres perpendicularly distant from the natural boundary of Hesquiat Harbour;

thence in a general southeasterly direction along a line drawn parallel to and 300 metres perpendicularly distant from the natural boundary of Hesquiat Harbour to the intersection with the northerly boundary of District Lot 1528, being "Hisnit" Indian Reserve No. 34;

thence easterly along the northerly boundary of District Lot 1528 to the northeast corner of District Lot 1528;

thence on a bearing of 62 a distance of 380 metres;

thence on a bearing of 116 a distance of 740 metres;

thence on a bearing of 164 a distance of 735 metres;

thence on a bearing of 138 a distance of 1.30 kilometres;

thence on a bearing of 106 a distance of 1.12 kilometres;

thence on a bearing of 95 a distance of 910 metres;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 1474;

thence easterly along the northerly boundary of District Lot 1474 to the UTM East 697584 metre;

thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of the UTN East 697584 metre with the southerly boundary of District Lot 1474:

thence easterly along the southerly boundary of District Lot 1474 to the southeast corner of Block C, being "Refuge Cove" Indian Reserve No. 6 and a point on the westerly shore natural boundary of Hot Springs Cove;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to the northwest corner of District Lot 1372 on the easterly shore natural boundary of Hot Spring Cove;

thence in a general southerly direction along the natural boundary of Hot Spring Cove to the northwest corner of District Lot 486;

thence easterly along the northerly boundary of District Lot 486 to the northeast corner of District Lot 486 and being on the westerly shore natural boundary of Sydney Inlet;

thence northerly along the natural boundary of Sydney Inlet to the southeast corner of "Openit" Indian Reserve No. 27, being the point of commencement;

except (1) District Lot 1528 "Hisnit" Indian Reserve No. 34; and (2) District Lot 1895 "Swan" Indian Reserve No. 35.

The whole park containing approximately 2,613 hectares (1,215 hectares of upland and 1,398 hectares of foreshore).

Commencement

5 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item

Column 1
Provisions of Act

Column 2
Commencement

1

Anything not elsewhere covered by this table

The date of Royal Assent

2

Sections 3 and 4

By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council

 
Explanatory Notes

Park Act

SECTION 1: [Park Act, section 4.1] adds a provision to allow the minister to enter into agreements for the administration and management of parks and recreation areas.

Protected Areas of British Columbia Act

SECTION 2: [Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, Schedules A, B, C and D]

SECTION 3: [Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, Schedule C] repeals and replaces the description of Porteau Cove Park.

SECTION 4: [Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, Schedule D] repeals and replaces the description of Maquinna Marine Park.

 
Schedule A | Schedule B | Schedule C | Schedule D


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