Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Tracts of Territorial Lands in Nunavut (Bathurst Island) Order (SI/2022-10)

In Nunavut, all those lands situated on the northerly portion of Bathurst Island, adjacent to Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area, Qausuittuq National Park of Canada and Parcel RB-34 as shown on a plan recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records in Ottawa under number 92661, a copy of which is filed in the Land Titles Office at Iqaluit as Plan 4048, and more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the northeastern corner of Qausuittuq National Park of Canada, said point being on the ordinary low water mark of Cracroft Sound at approximate latitude 76°37′57″ North and longitude 98°30′00″ West;

Thence generally, northerly, easterly and southerly along the ordinary low water mark of Cracroft Sound, Cape Lady Franklin, Kew Bay and Carey Harbour to a point on the ordinary low water mark of Carey Harbour where the projection of the western boundary of Parcel RB-34 meets the same;

Thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point on the ordinary high water mark of Carey Harbour where northwestern corner of Parcel RB-34 meets the same at approximate latitude 76°32′32″ North and approximate longitude 98°09′19″ West;

Thence southerly along the western boundary of Parcel RB-34 to the ordinary high water mark of Queens Channel at approximate latitude 76°02′50″ North and approximate longitude 97°33′56″ West;

Thence southerly along the prolongation of the western boundary of Parcel RB-34 to a point on the ordinary low water mark of Queens Channel;

Thence southerly along the ordinary low water mark of Queens Channel to a point on the northern boundary of Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area at approximate latitude 75°51′59″ North and approximate longitude 97°33′57″ West;

Thence westerly along the northern boundary of Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area to a point where Qausuittuq National Park of Canada meets the same at approximate latitude 75°46′35″ North and longitude 99°00′00″ West;

Thence northerly, easterly and northerly along the eastern boundary of Qausuittuq National Park of Canada to the point of commencement.

Containing an area of approximately 2000 square kilometres as measured on the Albers Equal Area Projection.

All topographic features are according to edition 9 of the CanVec dataset.

All coordinates are geodetic and referenced to the 1983 North American Datum, Canadian Spatial Reference System (NAD83, CSRS).