Canada National Parks Act (S.C. 2000, c. 32)

Marginal note:Amendment of park descriptions

• 38. (1) Notwithstanding subsection 5(2) and section 13, the Governor in Council may, by order,

  • (a) amend or replace the description of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada in Schedule 1 for the purpose of withdrawing from that Park any lands in the vicinity of Garden River in the province of Alberta that may be required for the establishment of an Indian reserve;

  • (b) amend or replace the description of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada in Schedule 1, in accordance with an agreement between Canada and the Salt River First Nation or with any first nation formed from the division of that First Nation, for the purpose of withdrawing from that Park any lands that may be required for purposes of entitlement to land under Treaty Number Eight between Her Majesty the Queen and the Cree, Beaver, Chipewyan and other Indians;

  • (c) amend or replace the description of Riding Mountain National Park of Canada in Schedule 1 for the purpose of withdrawing from that Park the east half of Section 8 in Township 20, Range 19, for purposes of settling a claim of the Keeseekoowenin Band; or

  • (d) amend or replace the description of Wapusk National Park of Canada in Schedule 1, in accordance with the agreement between Canada and Manitoba respecting the establishment of that Park, for the purpose of withdrawing from the Park any lands that may be required for purposes of entitlement to land under

    • (i) Treaty Number Five between Her Majesty the Queen and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians at Berens River, or

    • (ii) the Northern Flood Agreement concluded on December 16, 1977 between Canada, Manitoba, the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board and the Northern Flood Committee, Inc.

• Marginal note:Lands not required

  (2) Lands withdrawn from Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada or Wapusk National Park of Canada pursuant to subsection (1) are declared to be no longer required for park purposes.