Withdrawal from Disposal of the Subsurface Rights in Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in the Northwest Territories (Nành’ Geenjit Gwitr’it Tigwaa’in/Working for the Land: Gwich’in Land Use Plan) Order (SI/2011-14)

In the Northwest Territories;

In the District of Mackenzie;

All those parcels of land more particularly described as follows, all geographic coordinates hereinafter referred to being North American Datum 1983, and all topographic features hereinafter referred to being according to:

National Topographic Data Base data set 106M (codification: edition 2, v.2.2 1992; structure: edition 2, v.2.2 1992), produced by Geomatics Canada, Natural Resources Canada;

National Topographic Data Base data set 116P (codification: edition 2, v.2.2 1992; structure: edition 2, v.2.2 1994), produced by Geomatics Canada, Natural Resources Canada;

Commencing at the point of intersection of latitude 67º 11′ 49″ N with a westerly boundary of the Gwich’in Settlement Area, at approximate longitude 136º 11′ 12″ W;

thence easterly in a straight line to the intersection of latitude 67º 12′ 17″ N with longitude 135º 52′ 52″ W;

thence southerly in a straight line to a point perpendicularly distant one kilometre northwest of the centre line of the Dempster Highway at longitude 135º 52′ 00″ W and approximate latitude 67º 11′ 04″ N;

thence southwesterly along a line perpendicularly distant one kilometre northwest of the centre line of the Dempster Highway to its intersection with a westerly boundary of the Gwich’in Settlement Area, at approximate latitude 67º 03′ 35″ N and approximate longitude 136º 13′ 05″ W;

thence northerly along the said boundary to the point of commencement;

and

Commencing at a point on a westerly boundary of the Gwich’in Settlement Area, perpendicularly distant one kilometre southeast of the centre line of the Dempster Highway, at approximate latitude 67º 02′ 33″ N and approximate longitude 136º 11′ 22″ W;

thence northeasterly along a line perpendicularly distant one kilometre southeast of the centre line of the Dempster Highway to its intersection with longitude 135º 42′ 36″ W, at approximate latitude 67º 10′ 06″ N;

thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of latitude 67º 06′ 30″ N with longitude 135º 43′ 47″ W;

thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of latitude 67º 01′ 52″ N with longitude 135º 37′ 23″ W;

thence southerly in a straight line to the intersection of longitude 135º 38′ 05″ W with a southerly boundary of the Gwich’in Settlement Area, at approximate latitude 66º 59′ 59″ N;

thence westerly and northerly along the boundary of the Gwich’in Settlement Area to the point of commencement.

Said parcel containing 43,222.700 hectares, more or less.