C-61.1, r. 56 - Regulation respecting the Chic-Chocs Wildlife Sanctuary

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. The territory, the plan of which appears in Schedule I and described in this section, is established as a wildlife sanctuary under the name Chic-Chocs Wildlife Sanctuary.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

CHIC-CHOCS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

FOREWORD

In this technical description, it is understood that when following a watercourse or skirting a lake, it is always done, unless otherwise mentioned, according to the outside limit of the shore or bank, that is the normal high water mark.

Given the above, the limit of those territories is described as follows:

Two territories located on that of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Denis-Riverin, in the townships of: La Potardière, Boisbuisson, La Rivière, Lefrançois, Lemieux, Lesseps, Deslandes, Bonnécamps and Deville, having a total area of 1,134 km2 whose perimeter is described as follows:

1st perimeter (U.T.M. coordinates, zone 20)

Starting from point 1, located on the northern limit of the Canton de La Rivière at the intersection with the western limit of the right-of-way of Route 198, point whose coordinates are:

5,446,400 m N and 314,750 m E;

Thence, in a general southerly direction, that right-of-way limit to a point located on the straight line made up of the extension of the eastern limit of the townships of Bonnécamps and La Rivière, being point 2 whose coordinates are:

5,429,100 m N and 314,425 m E;

Thence, southerly, the above-mentioned straight line and the eastern limit of the townships of de La Rivière and Bonnécamps to point 3, point whose coordinates are:

5,411,000 m N and 313,850 m E;

Thence, westerly, the southern limit of the townships of Bonnécamps and Deslandes to point 4, point whose coordinates are:

5,411,750 m N and 294,400 m E;

Thence, southeasterly, the northeastern limit of the Canton de Lesseps to point 5, point whose coordinates are:

5,410,900 m N and 295,200 m E;

Thence, southwesterly, the southeastern limit of the Canton de Lesseps to a point located on the northern limit of the right-of-way of the connecting road between route 198 and 299 being point 6 whose coordinates are:

5,409,950 m N and 292,450 m E;

Thence, in a general southwesterly direction, the said northern limit of the right-of-way to a point located on the left bank of Petite Rivière Cascapédia Ouest, being part 7 whose coordinates are:

5,405,400 m N and 278,990 m E;

Thence, southerly, the left bank of Petite Rivière Cascapédia Ouest, to point 8 whose coordinates are:

5,405,290 m N and 279,050 m E;

Thence, southwesterly, the southeastern limit of the Canton de Lemieux to a point located on a line parallel to the dividing line between the townships of Lemieux and Lesseps and starting from post M-VIII (benchmark 155) located on the southeastern limit of the Canton de Lemieux, being point 9 whose coordinates are:

5,405,090 m N and 278,450 m E;

Thence, northwesterly, that said parallel line to a point located on a line parallel to and 60.35 m from the right bank of Ruisseau Isabelle, being point 10 whose coordinates are:

5,417,850 m N and 266,790 m E;

Thence, easterly, along the said line parallel to Ruisseau Isabelle, so as to exclude it, and its extension to its meeting point with another line parallel to and 60.35 m from the right bank of Rivière Sainte-Anne, being point 11 whose coordinates are:

5,418,500 m N and 271,925 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, along the said line parallel to Rivière Sainte-Anne, so as to exclude it, to point 12, point whose coordinates are:

5,419,025 m N and 272,150 m E;

Thence, easterly, a straight line to its meeting point with the western limit of the right-of-way of the road around Monts MC Gerrigle, being point 13 whose coordinates are:

5,419,000 m N and 287,250 m E;

Thence, northeasterly then northwesterly, that right-of-way limit to a point located on the right bank of an unnamed brook, being point 14 whose coordinates are:

5,431,500 m N and 290,650 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, along the right bank of that brook, so as to exclude it, and its extension to a point located on a line parallel to and 60.35 m from the left bank of Rivière Madeleine Nord, being point 15 whose coordinates are:

5,431,500 m N and 290,900 m E;

Thence, northwesterly, that said line parallel to Rivière Madeleine Nord, so as to exclude it, to point 16 whose coordinates are:

5,435,400 m N and 289,300 m E;

Thence, northerly then westerly, the line surveyed in 1938 by Mr. Lorenzo Bernier, l.s. to a point located on the east shore of Lac à Pierre, being point 17 whose coordinates are:

5,436,350 m N and 289,200 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, along the said shore then the right bank of Rivière du Mont-Saint-Pierre, so as to exclude them, to point 18, point whose coordinates are:

5,438,550 m N and 289,350 m E;

Thence, northwesterly, a straight line to point 19, point whose coordinates are:

5,440,250 m N and 288,250 m E;

Thence, northwesterly, a straight line to a point located on the northern limit of the Canton de Boisbuisson, being point 20 whose coordinates are:

5,441,950 m N and 287,800 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, the northern limit of the townships of Boisbuisson and La Rivière to the starting point, skirting by the south shore, so as to exclude it, Lac du Curé;

Area: 1,053 km2.

2nd perimeter (U.T.M. coordinates, zone 19)

Starting from point 21 located on the northern limit of the township of Boisbuisson, west of Lac à Claude, and whose coordinates are:

5,440,750 m N and 720,500 m E;

Thence, southwesterly, then southeasterly, a broken line whose apexes are identified by points 22, 23, 24 and whose coordinates are respectively:

5,437,325 m N and 719,050 m E;

5,432,650 m N and 718,600 m E;

5,432,100 m N and 719,450 m E;

Thence, southerly, a straight line to a point located at elevation 3,500 ft (1,066.8 m), being point 25 whose coordinates are:

5,430,900 m N and 719,450 m E;

Thence, southwesterly, following that hypsometric line while skirting Mont de la Table by the west to point 86, point whose coordinates are:

5,428,650 m N and 718,950 m E;

Thence, southwesterly, westerly, southwesterly, northwesterly then northerly, a broken line linking the apexes identified by the following points: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, points whose coordinates are:

5,428,000 m N and 718,800 m E;

5,428,350 m N and 715,450 m E;

5,426,650 m N and 714,400 m E;

5,428,250 m N and 712,600 m E;

5,429,900 m N and 712,400 m E;

5,431,650 m N and 713,100 m E;

5,433,200 m N and 713,000 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, a straight line to a point located on the southwestern limit of the Canton de Boisbuisson being point 34 coordinates are:

5,433,400 m N and 713,100 m E;

Thence, northwesterly, the southwestern limit of the said township to point 35, point whose coordinates are:

5,437,250 m N and 709,300 m E;

Thence, northeasterly, the northern limit of the Canton de Boisbuisson, to the starting point, skirting Lac Marsoui by its south shore so as to exclude it;

Area: 81 km2

That territory includes the right-of-way of Route 299 and the right-of-way of the road circling Monts McGerrigle located inside the perimeter of the Parc national de la Gaspésie.

To be withdrawn from that territory

The part of the bed of Rivière Madeleine and Rivière Madeleine Nord located inside the limits described above, including the islands found there.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. C-61, r. 55, s. 1; O.C. 723-92 (French); O.C. 490-98.