CITE

    16 USC Sec. 45a                                             01/05/2009

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER VI - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS

HEAD

    Sec. 45a. Sequoia National Park; revision of boundaries

STATUTE

      The boundaries of the Sequoia National Park, California, are
    changed as follows:
      Beginning at the southwest corner of the present boundary of
    Sequoia National Park, being the southwest corner of township 18
    south, range 30 east of the Mount Diablo base and meridian,
    California, thence easterly along the present south boundary of
    Sequoia National Park to its intersection with the hydrographic
    divide between the headwaters of South Fort (!1) Kaweah River and
    the headwaters of that branch of Little Kern River known as Pecks
    Canyon; thence southerly and easterly along the crest of the
    hydrographic divide between Pecks Canyon and Soda Creek to its
    intersection with a lateral divide at approximately the east line
    of section 2, township 19 south, range 31 east; thence
    northeasterly along said lateral divide to its intersection with
    the township line near the southeast corner of township 18 south,
    range 31 east of the Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence north
    approximately thirty-five degrees west to the summit of the butte
    next north of Soda Creek (United States Geological Survey altitude
    eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight feet); thence
    northerly and northwesterly along the crest of the hydrographic
    divide to a junction with the crest of the main hydrographic divide
    between the headwaters of the South Fork of the Kaweah River and
    the headwaters of Little Kern River; thence northerly along said
    divide now between Horse and Cow Creeks and the headwaters of East
    Fork Kaweah River to its intersection with the present east
    boundary of Sequoia National Park, approximately at Tar Gap, being
    the east line of township 17 south, range 30 east; thence northerly
    along said line to its intersection with the main hydrographic
    divide north of East Fork Kaweah River; thence easterly following
    said divide, passing through Timber Gap to the summit of Sawtooth
    Peak; thence southeasterly along the crest of the Great Western
    Divide to the summit of Coyote Peaks (United States Geological
    Survey bench mark, altitude ten thousand nine hundred and nineteen
    feet); thence northeasterly following the main hydrographic divide
    south of Coyote Creek to the junction of Coyote Creek and Kern
    River; thence due east across Kern River to the east bank; thence
    following said east bank of Kern River northerly to the junction of
    Golden Trout Creek and Kern River; thence northeasterly following
    the main hydrographic divide north of Golden Trout Creek, and
    between the headwaters of Golden Trout Creek and Rock Creek to a
    junction with the main crest of the Sierra Nevada, northwest of
    Cirque Peak; thence northerly and westerly along said main crest of
    the Sierra Nevada to Junction Peak (United States Geological Survey
    bench mark thirteen thousand nine hundred and three feet); thence
    westerly along the crest of the Kings-Kern Divide to a junction
    with the crest of the Great Western Divide at Thunder Mountain
    (United States Geological Survey bench mark thirteen thousand five
    hundred and seventy-eight feet); thence southwesterly along the
    crest of the Great Western Divide to Triple Divide Peak (United
    States Geological Survey altitude twelve thousand six hundred and
    fifty-one feet); thence westerly and northwesterly along the crest
    of the hydrographic divide between the headwaters of Roaring River
    and the headwaters of the Middle and Marble Forks of the Kaweah
    River to Kettle Peak (United States Geological Survey altitude ten
    thousand and thirty-eight feet); thence westerly and southwesterly
    along the crest of the main hydrographic divide next north of
    Clover Creek and Dorst Creek to the Junction of Stony Creek and
    Dorst Creek; thence following the west bank of the North Fork
    Kaweah River to its junction with Cactus Creek; thence easterly
    along the first hydrographic divide south of Cactus Creek to its
    intersection with the present west boundary of Sequoia National
    Park, being the west line of township 16 south, range 29 east;
    thence southerly along said west boundary to the southwest corner
    of said township; thence easterly along the present boundary of
    Sequoia National Park, being the north line of township 17 south,
    range 29 east, to the northeast corner of said township; thence
    southerly along the present boundary of Sequoia National Park,
    being the west lines of townships 17 and 18 south, range 30 east,
    to the place of beginning; and all of those lands lying within the
    boundary line above described are included in and made a part of
    the Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park; and all of those lands
    excluded from the present Sequoia National Park are included in and
    made a part of the Sequoia National Forest, subject to all laws and
    regulations applicable to the national forests.

SOURCE

    (July 3, 1926, ch. 744, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 818.)

EXCLUSION AND ADDITION OF LANDS

      Certain lands excluded from Kings Canyon National Park and added
    to Sequoia National Forest, see section 80a-1 of this title.
      Certain lands excluded from Sequoia National Forest and added to
    Kings Canyon National Park, see section 80a-2 of this title.

FOOTNOTE

    (!1) So in original. Probably should be "Fork".