TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
REGISTRATION DIVISIONS: ROUYN-NORANDA, ABITIBI
PARC NATIONAL D’AIGUEBELLE
A territory situated on the territory of the regional county municipalities of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi and Abitibi-Ouest, in the townships of Aiguebelle, Privat, Manneville, Cléricy and Destor, covering an area of 268.3 km2 and whose perimeter may be described as follows:
Starting from the southeastern corner of Canton d’Aiguebelle;
Thence, westerly, the southern limit of Canton d’Aiguebelle, to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 29, Rang I (original) of that township, skirting Lac Matissard following a line parallel to and 60 m from the shore so as to include it;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 29, Rang I, skirting by the shore the first lake met, so as to exclude it, and the second, so as to include it;
Thence, westerly, the southern limit of Rang II, Canton d’Aiguebelle to the western limit of lot 18, Rang II;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 18, Rang II, to a point located 100 m south of the right-of-way of a road crossing the said range;
Thence, northwesterly, following a line parallel to and 100 m from that road to its meeting point with the eastern limit of Canton de Destor;
Thence, southerly, the eastern limit of Canton de Destor over a distance of 100 m;
Thence, westerly, a straight line over a distance of 295.05 m, that is, to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 61-3 of Rang II, Canton de Destor;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of that lot and its extension to its meeting point with the northern limit of the right-of-way of the dividing road between ranges II and III, Canton de Destor;
Thence, westerly, that right-of-way limit to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 61, Rang III;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 61, Rang III;
Thence, westerly, the southern limit of lot 60, Rang IV, Canton de Destor;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 60, Rang IV;
Thence, easterly, the southern limit of Rang V, Canton de Destor;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of Canton d’Aiguebelle to its meeting point with the Normal High-Water Mark on the south shore of Lac Duchat;
Thence, northeasterly, southeasterly, the N.H.W.M. on the south shore of Lac Duchat and of Lac Loïs to a point located at the northern end of lot 36, Rang IX, Canton d’Aiguebelle;
Thence, northerly, a straight line to its meeting point with the N.H.W.M. located on the north shore of Lac Loïs;
Thence, northwesterly, southwesterly then northwesterly, following that shore (N.H.W.M.) to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 25, Rang X, Canton d’Aiguebelle;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 25, Rang X, Canton d’Aiguebelle and lot 25, Rang I, Canton de Privat;
Thence, easterly, following the southern limit of the right-of-way of the dividing road between ranges I and II and the northern limit of Rang I, Canton de Privat, to its meeting point with the dividing line between lots 37 and 38, Rang II;
Thence easterly, the dividing line between ranges I and II of that township to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 47, Rang II, skirting Lac Leclerc to the north, so as to include it, following a line parallel to and 60 m from the shore (N.H.W.M.);
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 47, Rang II over a distance of 212.62 m;
Thence, easterly, following a line parallel to and 212.62 m from the southern limit of Rang II, Canton de Privat to its meeting point with the western limit of lot 50, Rang II, Canton de Privat;
Thence, northerly, the western limit of lot 50 of that range to its meeting point with the southern limit of the road;
Thence, easterly, the southern limit of the right-of-way of the road to its meeting point with the western limit of the right-of-way of a dividing road between lots 50 and 51, Rang II;
Thence, southerly then easterly, following the right-of-way limit of that road, so as to exclude it, to its meeting point with the eastern limit of lot 51, Rang II;
Thence, southerly, the eastern limit of lot 51, Rang II to its meeting with a point located 60 m from the northeast shore (N.H.W.M.) of Lac Loïs;
Thence, southeasterly, following a line parallel to and 60 m from that shore (N.H.W.M.) to its meeting point with the northern limit of Rang I, Canton de Privat;
Thence, easterly, the northern limit of that range to its meeting point with the eastern limit of lot 56, Rang I;
Thence, southerly, the eastern limit of lot 56, Rang I;
Thence, easterly, the southern limit of that range to its meeting point with the western limit of Rang X, Canton de Manneville;
Thence, southerly, the western limit of ranges X and IX to its meeting point with the southern limit of lot 70, Rang IX, Canton d’Aiguebelle;
Thence, easterly, the extension of that lot to its meeting point with the eastern limit of lot 3 b, Rang IX, Canton de Manneville;
Thence, southerly, the eastern limit of lots 3 b and 3 a, Rang IX;
Thence, easterly, the northern limit of Rang VIII, Canton de Manneville to a point located 130 m from the western limit of lot 8 b, Rang VIII;
Thence, southerly, following a straight line parallel to and 130 m the western limit of lot 8 b, Rang VIII and its extension on lot 8, Rang VII of that township to a point located 100 m north of the right-of-way limit of a road crossing lots 5 to 10 of that range;
Thence, southeasterly then southwesterly, following a line parallel to and 100 m from the right-of-way limit of that road leading to Lac Frontière, so as to include it, to its meeting point with the eastern limit of Canton d’Aiguebelle;
Thence, southerly, the eastern limit of Canton d’Aiguebelle to the starting point, skirting Lac Frontière following a line parallel to and 60 m from the shore (N.H.W.M.) so as to include it.
The whole as shown on plan P-9205 to the scale of 1:25,000, a copy of which in reduced size is attached hereto for information purposes.
The original of this document is kept at the Division des données foncières et de la cartographie of the Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Faune.
Map: 1:50,000 32 D/7, 32 D/10
Prepared by: HENRI MORNEAU,
Land surveyor
Québec, 28 July 1997
Minute 9205
Place names revised by the Commission de toponymie in July 1997.