Vol. 132, No. 21 — October 14, 1998

Registration
SI/98-99 14 October, 1998

TERRITORIAL LANDS ACT

Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Tr'o-ju-wech'in Heritage Site, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, Y.T.)

P.C. 1998-1762 1 October, 1998

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to paragraph 23(a) of the Territorial Lands Act, hereby makes the annexed Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Tr'o-ju-wech'in Heritage Site, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation, Y.T.).

ORDER RESPECTING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN LANDS IN THE YUKON TERRITORY (TR'O-JU-WECH'IN HERITAGE SITE, TR'ONDËK HWËCH'IN FIRST NATION, Y.T.)

PURPOSE

1. The purpose of this Order is to withdraw certain lands from disposal to facilitate the establishment of the Tr'o-ju-wech'in Heritage Site, at Dawson, in the Yukon Territory.

LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM DISPOSAL

2. Subject to sections 3 and 4, the tracts of territorial lands described in the schedule including all mines and minerals including hydrocarbons, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, and the right to work them, are withdrawn from disposal for the period beginning on the date of registration of this Order and ending on February 1, 2003.

EXCEPTIONS

3. Section 2 does not apply in respect of

(a) any substances or materials that may be disposed of under the Territorial Quarrying Regulations;

(b) forest resources that may be disposed of under the Yukon Timber Regulations.

EXISTING RIGHTS AND INTERESTS

4. For greater certainty, section 2 does not apply in respect of

(a) existing recorded mineral claims in good standing acquired under the Yukon Placer Mining Act or the Yukon Quartz Mining Act;

(b) existing oil and gas rights and interests granted under the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; and

(c) existing rights acquired under section 8 of the Territorial Lands Act or under the Territorial Lands Regulations.

SCHEDULE
(Section 2)

TERRITORIAL LANDS WITHDRAWN FROM DISPOSAL

In the Yukon Territory, the parcel of land shown as the "Tr'o-ju-wech'in Heritage Site", on the following map on file at the Federal Claims Office, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, copy of which has been deposited with the Supervisor of Lands at Whitehorse and with the Mining Recorders at Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Mayo and Dawson, all in the said Territory:

TERRITORIAL RESOURCE BASE MAPS TR'O-JU-WECH'IN HERITAGE SITE (TR'ONDËK HWËCH'IN FIRST NATION, Y.T.)

Excluding the whole of Lots numbered 7 and 21

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The purpose of this Order in Council is to make the annexed Order Respecting the Withdrawal from Disposal of Certain Lands in the Yukon Territory (Tr'o-ju-wech'in Heritage Site) at Dawson, in the Yukon Territory for the period beginning on the date this Order comes into force and ending on February 1, 2003 to facilitate implementation of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Final Agreement.

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