<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2026-06-04" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-06-04" lims:current-date="2026-06-14" lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575680" lims:id="1575680" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575681" lims:id="1575681"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2026-111</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>4</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>15</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575682" lims:id="1575682"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="N-22">CANADIAN NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575683" lims:id="1575683">Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Newfoundland and Labrador from the Application of Sections 22 and 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2026-551</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>4</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575684" lims:id="1575684"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575685" lims:id="1575685" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Minister of Transport has received an application to exempt the navigable waters listed in the schedule to the annexed Order from the application of sections 22<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825133">a</FootnoteRef> and 23<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825150">b</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="N-22">Canadian Navigable Waters Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825214">c</FootnoteRef>;</Text><Footnote id="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825133" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 56</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825150" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 57</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825214" placement="page" status="official"><Label>c</Label><Text>R.S., c. N-22; S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 316; S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 46</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575686" lims:id="1575686" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>And whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that this exemption would be in the public interest;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575687" lims:id="1575687" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2026-111">Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Newfoundland and Labrador from the Application of Sections 22 and 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act</XRefExternal> under subsection 24(1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825150">b</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="N-22">Canadian Navigable Waters Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81100-2-386_hq_1758825214">c</FootnoteRef>.</Text></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575688" lims:id="1575688"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575689" lims:id="1575689" level="1"><TitleText>Exemption</TitleText></Heading><Section in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575690" lims:id="1575690"><MarginalNote in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575691" lims:id="1575691">Navigable waters</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>The navigable waters listed in the schedule to this Order are exempt from the application of sections 22 and 23 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="N-22">Canadian Navigable Waters Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575692" lims:id="1575692" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575693" lims:id="1575693" type="CIFnobold"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-06-04" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575694" lims:id="1575694">Publication</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on the day on which it is published in the <XRefExternal reference-type="canada-gazette">Canada Gazette</XRefExternal>, Part II.</Text></Section></Body><Schedule in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575695" lims:id="1575695" bilingual="no" spanlanguages="no"><ScheduleFormHeading in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575696" lims:id="1575696"><Label>SCHEDULE</Label><OriginatingRef>(Section 1)</OriginatingRef><TitleText>Navigable Waters</TitleText></ScheduleFormHeading><TableGroup in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575697" lims:id="1575697" pointsize="8" topmarginspacing="10"><Caption in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575698" lims:id="1575698" position="over">PART 1</Caption><table in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575699" lims:id="1575699" frame="topbot"><title in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575700" lims:id="1575700">Lakes</title><tgroup in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575701" lims:id="1575701" cols="3"><colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="15.96*" /><colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="39.63*" /><colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="55.61*" /><thead in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575702" lims:id="1575702"><row rowsep="1" topdouble="yes" topmarginspacing="2"><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="bottom" /><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">Column 1</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">Column 2</entry></row><row valign="bottom"><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Item</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Name</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Approximate Location</entry></row></thead><tbody in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575703" lims:id="1575703"><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">1</entry><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 1</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°52′53.61″ N, 66°46′51.20″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">2</entry><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 3</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′52.56″ N, 66°47′9.78″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">3</entry><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 4</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′42.25″ N, 66°47′16.18″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">4</entry><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">Lake 5</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′26.64″ N, 66°47′4.23″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">5</entry><entry colname="col2" colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 7</entry><entry colname="col3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′26.35″ N, 66°46′50.88″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">6</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 8</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′6.84″ N, 66°46′55.63″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">7</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 10</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′1.54″ N, 66°46′29.02″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">8</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 17</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′27.86″ N, 66°46′24.92″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">9</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">Lake 18</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′26.53″ N, 66°46′0.44″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">10</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Lake 19</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′6.18″ N, 66°45′48.44″ W</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></TableGroup><Provision in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575704" lims:id="1575704" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Text>Note: The water boundary of each lake includes the mouths of all connecting waterways.</Text></Provision><TableGroup in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575705" lims:id="1575705" pointsize="8" spanlanguages="yes" topmarginspacing="10"><Caption in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575706" lims:id="1575706" position="over">PART 2</Caption><table in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575707" lims:id="1575707" frame="topbot"><title in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575708" lims:id="1575708">Other Navigable Waters</title><tgroup in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575709" lims:id="1575709" cols="4"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="23.87*" /><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="53.05*" /><colspec colname="col3" colwidth="60.36*" /><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="83.69*" /><thead in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575710" lims:id="1575710"><row rowsep="1" topdouble="yes" topmarginspacing="2"><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="bottom" /><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">Column 1</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">Column 2</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">Column 3</entry></row><row valign="bottom"><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Item</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Name</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">Approximate Downstream Point</entry><entry colsep="0">Approximate Upstream Point</entry></row></thead><tbody in-force="no" lims:enacted-date="2026-06-04" lims:fid="1575711" lims:id="1575711"><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">1</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Stream 9</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′11.21″ N, 66°45′54.90″ W</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′8.80″ N, 66°45′52.53″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">2</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Stream 16</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′15.81″ N, 66°46′10.14″ W</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°51′11.97″ N, 66°46′27.79″ W</entry></row><row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">3</entry><entry colsep="0" rowheader="no" rowsep="0">Stream 17</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°50′54.20″ N, 66°45′35.15″ W</entry><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0">52°50′32.29″ N, 66°45′20.17″ W</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></TableGroup></Schedule></Regulation>