16 U.S.C. § 109 — Additional lands

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This law moves a tract of land out of Rainier National Forest. That land becomes part of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State. The section describes the tract's boundary using landmarks and survey points.

This section redraws a boundary between a national forest and a national park. What moves. A specific tract of land is taken out of the Rainier National Forest and added to the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington. Where the boundary runs. The section describes the tract using a detailed boundary line, point by point. It starts at a point on the park's existing east boundary — one and a quarter miles south of the park's northeast corner (as that corner was set by section 107 of this title). From there, the line runs: east to the top of the divide (the high ridge separating water flow) between Silver Creek and White River; then along the top of Crystal Mountain to the top of the Cascade Mountains; then south along the Cascade Mountains' summit to a specific point in section 20, township 15 north, range 11 east (Willamette meridian) — the point where water starts flowing toward Bumping River on one side and toward Carlton and Cougar Creeks on the other; then southwest along the divide between Carlton Creek and the Ohanapecosh River's main fork, to a quarter-section line in section 9, township 14 north, range 10 east; then west along that quarter-section line through sections 9, 8, and 7 to the township's west boundary; then due west to the Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River; then north along that river to a point due east of survey post 34 on the park's 1908 south boundary; then due west to post 34; then along the 1908 park boundary to post 35; then east along the 1908 south boundary to its southeast corner; then north along the 1908 east boundary to post 59; then along the park's east boundary, as revised by section 107, north back to the starting point.

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The tract of land within the following-described boundaries is excluded from the Rainier National Forest and is added to and made a part of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington:

Beginning at a point on the present east boundary of Mount Rainier National Park one and one-quarter miles southerly from the northeast corner of the said park as fixed by section 107 of this title, thence extending east to the summit of the hydrographic divide between Silver Creek and White River; thence along the summit of Crystal Mountain to the summit of the Cascade Mountains; thence southerly along the summit of the Cascade Mountains to a point in section 20, township 15 north, range 11 east, Willamette meridian, whence flow the waters of Bumping River to the east and Carlton and Cougar Creeks to the south and west; thence southwesterly along the summit of the divide between Carlton Creek and the waters flowing into the main fork of Ohanapecosh River to the quarter section line of section 9, township 14 north, range 10 east, Willamette meridian; thence westerly along the quarter section line of sections 9, 8, and 7 to the west boundary of said township; thence due west to the right or west bank of Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River; thence northerly along the right bank of said Muddy Fork to a point exactly due east of post numbered 34 on the south boundary of Mount Rainier National Park as surveyed in 1908; thence due west to said post numbered 34; thence along the boundary of said park as surveyed in 1908 to post numbered 35; thence easterly along the south boundary of said national park as surveyed in 1908 to the southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along the east boundary of said national park as surveyed in 1908 to post numbered 59; thence along the east boundary of said park as revised by section 107 of this title, northerly to the point of beginning.

Source credit: (Jan. 31, 1931, ch. 71, § 1, 46 Stat. 1047.)

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1931Enacted · Act of Jan. 31, 1931, ch. 71 · 46 Stat. 1047

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 71 on 1931-01-31.

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