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

1 Schedule D of the Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, S.B.C. 2000, c. 17, is amended by repealing the description of Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a [a.k.a. Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park] and substituting the following:

ANHLUUT'UKWSIM LAXMIHL ANGWINGA'ASANSKWHL NISGA'A
[a.k.a. Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Park]

All those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, situated within the Province of British Columbia and contained within the following described boundaries, the UTM Coordinates herein being in UTM Zone 9 and referred to the NAD83(CSRS) Datum:

Commencing at post #54 as shown on Plan NR51 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 12TU1896 Crown Land Registry, being the southeast corner of District Lot 1093, Cassiar District;

thence following the survey boundary of Plan NR51 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 12TU1896 Crown Land Registry, to post #53 as shown on Plan NR72 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 11TU1997 Crown Land Registry;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR72 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 11TU1997 Crown Land Registry, through post #52WT to corner #52 on the left natural boundary of Nass River;

thence northeasterly along the left natural boundary of Nass River to the southerly boundary of District Lot 1094, Cassiar District;

thence easterly and northerly along the southerly and easterly boundaries of District Lot 1094 to the southerly boundary of District Lot 7283, Cassiar District;

thence easterly and northerly along the southerly and easterly boundaries of District Lot 7283 to the left natural boundary of the channel of Nass River lying to the south and east of District Lot 7282, Cassiar District;

thence northeasterly along the left natural boundary of the channel of Nass River lying to the south and east of District Lot 7282, and continuing along the left natural boundary of Nass River to the southerly boundary of District Lot 5287, Cassiar District;

thence easterly and northerly along the southerly and easterly boundaries of District Lot 5287 to the left natural boundary of Nass River;

thence northeasterly along the left natural boundary of Nass River to the left natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks;

thence easterly along the left natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks to the westerly rectilinear boundary of District Lot 4827, Cassiar District;

thence easterly along the northerly boundary of District Lot 4827 to corner #51 on the left natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks and being on a line drawn parallel to and 460 metres perpendicularly distant northerly from the southerly boundary of the Northwest ¼ of District Lot 4011, Cassiar District;

thence easterly along the line drawn parallel to and 460 metres perpendicularly distant northerly from the southerly boundary of the Northwest ¼ of District Lot 4011 to corner #50 on the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks;

thence southeasterly along the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks to the southerly boundary of Block I of District Lot 4012, Cassiar District;

thence easterly along the southerly boundary of Block I of District Lot 4012 to a line drawn parallel to and 60 metres perpendicularly distant easterly from the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks;

thence southeasterly along the line drawn parallel to and 60 metres perpendicularly distant easterly from the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks to the easterly boundary of District Lot 4012;

thence southerly along the easterly boundary of District Lot 4012 to the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks;

thence southeasterly along the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks to the southerly boundary of District Lot 2627, Cassiar District;

thence easterly along the southerly boundary of District Lot 2627 to a line drawn parallel to and 60 metres perpendicularly distant easterly from the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks;

thence southeasterly along the line drawn parallel to and 60 metres perpendicularly distant easterly from the right natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks to the southerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of District Lot 4014, Cassiar District;

thence northerly along the southerly prolongation of the easterly boundary of District Lot 4014, and continuing northerly along the easterly boundary of District Lot 4014 to post #49 as shown on Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry, to post #48A;

thence continuing along the survey boundary of Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry, to post #48;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112925m E 499804m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112589m E 500022m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112150m E 500040m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6111090m E 500820m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6110730m E 501215m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6110470m E 501400m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6109910m E 501500m;

thence southwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6109430m E 501490m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6109080m E 501745m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6108410m E 502030m;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6105640m E 502240m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6106630m E 504175m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6107335m E 505113m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6110426m E 505181m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6111417m E 504577m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112611m E 505055m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6113901m E 504110m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6114207m E 503173m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to post #47 as shown on Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry, to post #46;

thence continuing along the survey boundaries of Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry, to post #45;

thence continuing along the survey boundary of Plan NR50 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 4TU1893 Crown Land Registry, to post #44A on the summit of Mount Priestley, being on the easterly boundary of the watershed of Ksi Sgasginist;

thence in a general southerly direction along the easterly boundary of the watershed of Ksi Sgasginist to the northerly boundary of the watershed of Crater Creek;

thence in a general southerly direction along the boundary of the watershed of Crater Creek to UTM Coordinate N 6102930m +/-, E 507313m;

thence northerly in a straight line to the middle thread of an unnamed creek at UTM Coordinate N 6103385m +/-, E 507313m;

thence in a general northwesterly direction along the middle thread of the unnamed creek to UTM Coordinate N 6105600m +/-, E 505299m;

thence southwesterly in a straight line to the intersection of the middle thread of Jay Creek with the centreline of Nisga'a Highway No.113;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on a line drawn parallel to and 10 metres perpendicularly distant westerly from the centreline of Nisga'a Highway No. 113 at UTM Coordinate N 6104605m, E 501840m +/-;

thence southerly along the line drawn parallel to and 10 metres perpendicularly distant westerly from the centreline of Nisga'a Highway No. 113 to the northerly boundary of Plan 6TU1870 Crown Land Registry;

thence westerly and southerly along the northerly and westerly survey boundaries of Plan 6TU1870 Crown Land Registry, to UTM Coordinate N 6094791m, E 499777m +/-;

thence westerly in a straight line to the left natural boundary of Ksi Sii Aks at UTM Coordinate N 6094791m, E 499582m +/-;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to a line drawn parallel to and 100 metres perpendicularly distant westerly from the westerly natural boundary of the west arm of Lava Lake at UTM Coordinate N 6095700m, E 498566m +/-;

thence in a general northerly direction along a line drawn parallel to and 100 metres perpendicularly distant westerly from the westerly natural boundary of Lava Lake to the middle thread of Aquila Creek;

thence westerly along the middle thread of Aquila Creek to UTM Coordinate N 6102897m +/-, E 500175m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6104060m E 500390m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6105128m E 500328m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6105650m E 501440m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6106440m E 501215m;

thence northerly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6107140m E 501215m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6107505m E 501015m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6108130m E 501065m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6108600m E 500865m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6109125m E 500510m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6109340m E 500475m;

thence northerly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6110070m E 500475m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6110420m E 500040m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6111020m E 499640m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6111235m E 499430m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6111885m E 499050m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112110m E 499000m;

thence northeasterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112295m E 499030m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to UTM Coordinate N 6112600m E 498860m;

thence northwesterly in a straight line to corner #64 as shown on Plan NR52 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 13TU1896 Crown Land Registry;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR52 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 13TU1896 Crown Land Registry, through post #64 Wt, corner 63b, and corner 63a to post #63;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR51 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 12TU1896 Crown Land Registry, through post #62, post #61, corner 60a, post #60, corner 59a, post #59, corner 58a, and post #58 Wt to corner #58 on the left natural boundary of Ksi Ts'oohl Ts'ap;

thence westerly along the left natural boundary of Ksi Ts'oohl Ts'ap to corner #57 as shown on Plan NR51 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 12TU1896 Crown Land Registry;

thence following the survey boundaries of Plan NR51 Lisims Land Registry, Plan 12TU1896 Crown Land Registry, through post #57 Wt, post 56a, post #56 and post #55 to post #54, being the point of commencement;

except:

firstly, the branch of Nisga'a Highway No. 113 shown as road on Plan 11TU1711 Crown Land Registry, and those lands lying between two lines drawn parallel to and 12.5 metres perpendicularly distant from and on opposite sides of the centre lines of all other branches of Nisga'a Highway No. 113 lying northerly of the middle line of Jay Creek;

secondly, all lands related to Nisga'a Highway No. 113 on which a provincial public undertaking, as defined in the Transportation Act, is located;

thirdly, all those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, contained within the following described boundaries and containing 0.858 hectares more or less: a 30 metre wide corridor centred on a line commencing 12.5 metres perpendicularly distant northeasterly from the centre line of Nisga'a Highway No. 113 at UTM Coordinate N 6115786m; thence to UTM Coordinate N 6115955m E 494491m; thence to UTM Coordinate N 6115971m E 494963m; thence to UTM Coordinate N 6115971m E 494999m; thence along a grid bearing of 118° 13' 00" to the boundary of Nisga'a Lands, and the said line produced;

fourthly, all those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, contained within the following described boundaries and containing 10.5 hectares more or less: commencing at the intersection of the northerly boundary of the park, the limits of which are defined by UTM Coordinates N 6105640m E 502240m and N 6106630m E 504175m, and a line having a grid bearing of 159 46' 28" through UTM Coordinate N 6106080.8m E 503099.3m; thence northeasterly along the said northerly boundary of the park 40.28 metres; thence on a grid bearing of 159° 46' 28" a distance of 169.1 metres; thence on a grid bearing of 69° 46' 28" a distance of 12.0 metres; thence on a grid bearing of 159° 46' 28" a distance of 897 metres more or less to the intersection with a portion of the southerly boundary of the park; thence southwesterly along the portion of the said southerly boundary to a line drawn parallel to and perpendicularly distant 104 metres from the last described line bearing 159° 46' 28"; thence on a grid bearing of 339° 46' 28" a distance of 889 metres more or less to a point lying on a grid bearing of 249° 46' 28" from the southerly limit of the 169.1 metre boundary described above; thence on a grid bearing of 69° 46' 28" a distance of 22.0 metres; thence on a grid bearing of 339° 46' 28" a distance of 161 metres more or less to the said northerly boundary of the park; thence northeasterly and along the said northerly boundary of the park a distance of 30.2 metres more or less to the point of commencement;

fifthly, all those parcels or tracts of Crown land, together with all that foreshore or land covered by water, contained within the described boundaries as shown on Plan 14TU2010 Crown Land Registry; and

sixthly, that portion of unsurveyed Crown land shown as road (now known as Anlaw Road) on Plan 11TU1711 Crown Land Registry, lying southeasterly of the Nass River.

The whole park containing approximately 17 717 hectares.

Commencement

2  This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.