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Newfoundland and Labrador
Open
Season Big Game Caribou Hunting Order, (Filed January 10, 2012) Under the
authority of sections 38, 92 and 114 of the Wild
Life Regulations and the Wild Life
Act, I make the following Order. Dated at Terry
French ORDER Analysis 1. Short
title 2. Hunting
prohibited 3. Caribou
hunting zones 4. Open
season 5. Closed
season 6. Special
licence 7. Regular
licence 8. Requirements
for obtaining licence 9. Ammunition
permitted 10. Bag
limits 11. Jawbones
of animals taken 12. Disposal
of remains 13. Card
to be returned 14. Prohibition 15. Sunday
hunting 16. Repeal Schedule Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Open Season Big Game Caribou Hunting Order, Hunting prohibited 2. The hunting of caribou is prohibited throughout
Caribou hunting zones 3. The caribou hunting zones are as described in
the Schedule. Open season 4. (1) There shall be an open season in the following zone during the dates specified:
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), persons holding the special licence may take male caribou at any time. (3) Open seasons may be declared for the various
caribou hunting zones not having an open season if the Closed season 5. There shall be a closed season in the following zones (a) Double
Mer Barrens Zone; (b) Seal
Lake Zone (c) Orma
North Zone (d) Mulligan
River Zone; (e) Orma
South Zone; (f) Nipishish Lake Zone (g) Grand
Lake Zone (h) Michikamau
East Zone; (i) Michikamau West Zone; (j) Twin Falls Zone; (k) Colville
Lake Zone; (l) Sawbill Lake Zone; (m) Milner
Lake Zone; (n) McPhayden
River Zone; (o) Lac
Virot Zone; (p) (q) Big River Zone. Special licence 6. (1) A resident who has resided permanently
in the Torngat Mountains Electoral District for a period of not less than 6
consecutive months immediately prior to applying for a licence may be issued a
caribou hunting licence free of charge. (2) A
licence issued under subsection (1) shall be known as a special licence. (3) Special
licences shall be valid only within the George River Zone or any portion of a
zone which is open and lies within the Torngat Mountains Electoral District. Regular licence 7. (1) A resident who does not meet the
residency requirements for a special licence under subsection 6(1) may be
issued a caribou hunting licence. (2) A
licence issued under subsection (1) shall be known as a regular licence. (3) The
fee for a regular licence shall be $13.50. (4) A
resident may be issued only one regular licence in a hunting season. Requirements for obtaining licence 8. To obtain a regular or special caribou hunting
licence, the purchaser shall (a) produce
2 pieces of identification, one of which must contain his or her signature; and (b) sign
the licence in the vendor's presence. Ammunition permitted 9. Caribou may be hunted using .22 calibre
centre-fire rifles which have a muzzle energy of 1,500 foot pounds or more. Bag limits 10. The bag limit for holders of the special
licence or regular licence shall be one caribou of either sex. Jawbones of animals taken 11. All persons taking caribou are required to surrender the lower jawbones of all animals taken to a representative of the Wildlife Division no later than March 27, 2012. Disposal of remains 12. All
persons taking caribou shall dispose of the remains at least 50 meters from the
centerline of the Card to be returned 13. Each licence holder is required to complete and return to the Wildlife Division the self-addressed caribou harvest inventory card attached to the licence providing the results of his or her hunting effort within 7 days of successfully filling the licence or no later than March 27, 2012 for unsuccessful licence holders. Prohibition 14. A person shall not transport or possess any
firearms under the authority of a valid game licence without being in
possession of an outdoor identification card, or non-resident equivalent card,
issued to the person. Sunday hunting 15. Hunting with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province, beginning October 2, 2011 and ending April 30, 2012, for the species and during the seasons as described in this Order. Repeal 16. The
Open Season Big Game Caribou Hunting
Order, Labrador, 2010-2011, Schedule (a) George River Zone All that area of Then following the Labrador-Quebec boundary in a generally northerly, then northeasterly, then easterly, then northerly direction to a point where this boundary intersects 58° 27' 22.50 north latitude; Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction for 11884 metres to 58° 23' 01.40 north latitude and 63° 41' 49.29 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction for 15123 metres to 58° 26' 18.64 north latitude and 63° 27' 38.71 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction for 6931 metres to 58° 28' 18.35 north latitude and 63° 21' 40.23 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction for 869 metres to the Then following this coastline in a generally
southeasterly direction, including all offshore islands, to the outflow of the Then following the north bank of the Then following the northern shoreline of Then following the north bank of the Then following the northwestern bank of the Sail Lake River in a southerly direction to the Sail Lake Dikes located at 54° 25' 27.11 north latitude and 63° 14' 19.76 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to the confluence of the north bank of the Then following the northern bank of Then following the 54° 00' 00.00" north latitude in a westerly direction to the point of commencement. (b) Michikamau East Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of 64° 00' 00.0 west longitude and the northern bank of the Churchill River, also known as the Grand River and the Hamilton River; Then following the northern bank of the
Churchill River in a westerly direction to its intersection with Then following the eastern bank of the
Churchill River in a generally northerly, then northwesterly direction through Then following Route 500 in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to its intersection with the Esker Access Road at 53° 38' 17.35" north latitude and 64° 35' 16.24" west longitude; Then following the Esker Access Road in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to the Gabbro Water Control Structure at 53° 45' 33.89 north latitude and 65° 21' 50.15 west longitude; Then following 65° 21' 50.7" west longitude due north to the intersection with 54° 13' 19.1" north latitude; Then following a straight line in an easterly by northeasterly direction to 54° 21' 22.9" north latitude and 64° 00' 00.0" west longitude; Then following 64° 00' 00.0" west longitude due south to the point of commencement. (c) Michikamau West Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the Gabbro Water Control Structure at 53° 45' 33.89 north latitude and 65° 21' 50.15 west longitude; Then following the Then following the Then following a straight line in an easterly by northeasterly direction to 54° 13' 19.1" north latitude and 65° 21' 50.7" west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally southerly direction to the point of commencement. (d) Twin
Falls Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the Gabbro Water Control Structure at 53° 45' 33.89 north latitude and 65° 21' 50.15 west longitude; Then following the Then following Route 500 to its intersection
with the northeastern bank of a unnamed river at Then following the northeastern bank of said
river in a generally southeasterly, then southerly direction through Then following the northern bank of the Then following the northern bank of the Unknown River in a generally westerly direction to its confluence with an unnamed tributary at 53° 31' 36.12 north latitude and 64° 29' 28.94 west longitude; Then following the northeastern bank of this
unnamed tributary in a generally northwesterly direction to its intersection
with the Then following the Twin Falls Access Road in a southerly direction to the northeastern extremity of Baikie Lake at 53° 29' 55.47 north latitude and 64° 31' 05.59 west longitude; Then following the northern shoreline of Then following the northeastern bank of the Then following a straight line in a
westerly, by southwesterly direction to the intersection of the Then following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to point of commencement. (e) Colville Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Trans-Labrador Highway, Route 500, and the southwestern shoreline of Ossokmanuan Reservoir; Then following the Then following the Then following the Esker-Churchill Falls-Goose Bay Access Road in a generally easterly direction to the Gabbro Water Control Structure at 53° 45' 33.89 north latitude and 65° 21' 50.15 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (f) Lac
Virot Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Trans-Labrador Highway, Route 500, and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway; Then following the Then following the Labrador-Quebec boundary in a generally westerly, then northerly, then easterly, then northerly direction to 53° 27' 38.4 north latitude and 66° 54' 57.9 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (g) Sawbill
Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Trans-Labrador Highway, Route 500, and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway; Then following the Then following a straight line in a southwesterly direction to 53° 27' 38.4 north latitude and 66° 54' 57.9 west longitude on the Labrador-Quebec boundary; Then following a straight line in southeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (h) Milner
Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway bridge crossing over the Evening Lake River; Then following the Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction across Then following the northern bank of Milner Lake River and the northern shorelines of Clark Lake, Square Lake, Coghill Lake, and Milner Lake in a generally southwesterly direction to the closest straight line distance due south at the intersection of the Labrador-Quebec boundary and 53° 45' 21.00 north latitude; Then following the Labrador-Quebec boundary in a generally southerly direction to 53° 27' 38.4" north latitude and 66° 54' 57.9" west longitude; Then following a straight line in an easterly by northeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (i) McPhayden
River Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of 54° 00' 00.0" north latitude and the Labrador-Quebec Boundary; Then following 54° 00' 00.0" north
latitude in a generally easterly direction to its intersection with the north
bank of the Then following the northern bank of the Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction across Then following the Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction across Then following the northern bank of Milner Lake River and the northern shorelines of Clark Lake, Square Lake, Coghill Lake, and Milner Lake in a generally southwesterly direction to the closest straight line distance due south at the intersection of the Labrador-Quebec boundary and 53° 45' 21.00 north latitude; Then following the Labrador-Quebec boundary in a generally northwesterly direction to the point of commencement. (j) All that area of Labrador bounded by a line commencing at the eastern extremity of West Micmac Lake at 54° 44' 15.64 north latitude and 60° 07' 25.62 west longitude; Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of the Then following a straight line in a westerly by southwesterly direction to a small brook at 54° 32' 12.2" north latitude and 61° 15' 43.75" west longitude; Then following the southern shoreline of a string of lakes in a generally northerly, then westerly, then southwesterly direction to the eastern extremity of Belly Fish Lake; Then following a straight line in a generally
northwesterly direction to the confluence of the Then following the northern shoreline of Then following the northern bank of the Then following the southeastern coastline of
Then following the coastline of the Then following the northwestern coastline of
Then following the southern bank of the Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of the (k) Orma
North Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at a point on the Sail Lake Dikes at 54° 25' 27.11 north latitude and 63° 14' 19.76 west longitude; Then following the northwestern bank of the Then following the northern bank of Then following that longitude due south to the northern shoreline of Pike Lake at 53° 54' 49.59 north latitude and 62° 55' 41.0 west longitude; Then following the northern shoreline of Then following the northern bank of Then following the southern shoreline of Smallwood Reservoir in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to a point of land at 53° 59' 00.66 north latitude and 63° 38' 17.05 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to 54° 00' 00.0" north latitude and 64° 00' 00.0" west longitude; Then following 64° 00' 00.0" west longitude due north to its intersection with 54° 21' 22.9" north latitude; Then following a straight line in a generally easterly by northeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (l) Orma
South Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the northern bank of the Churchill River, also known as the Grand River and the Hamilton River, and 64° 00' 00.0 west longitude; Then following said river's intersection with 64° 00' 00.0" west longitude due north to 54° 00' 00.0" north latitude; Then following a straight line in an easterly by southeasterly direction to the intersection with a point of land at 53° 59' 00.66 north latitude and 63° 38' 17.05 west longitude; Then following the southern shoreline of
Smallwood Reservoir in a generally easterly by southeasterly direction to its
confluence with the northern bank of Then following the northern bank of Then following the northern shoreline of Then following a straight line due south to
the confluence of the Then following the northwestern bank of the Then following the northern bank of (m) Big
River Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line commencing at the eastern extremity of West Micmac Lake at 54° 44' 15.64 north latitude and 60° 07' 25.62 west longitude; Then following the southern bank of the Then following the southern shoreline of Then following said river in an easterly
direction to Then following the southeastern shoreline of
Then following the coastline of the Labrador
Sea in a generally southeasterly direction to its confluence with Then following the northwestern bank of Big River in a southwesterly direction to the confluence of Big River and a tributary flowing from the eastern extremity of Little Michinappi Lake at 54° 32' 22.69 north latitude and 59° 25' 44.06 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally northwesterly direction to the point of commencement. (n) Nipishish
Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the eastern extremity of West Micmac Lake at 54° 44' 15.64 north latitude and 60° 07' 25.62 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to the confluence of Big River and a tributary flowing from the eastern extremity of Little Michinappi Lake at 54° 32' 22.69 north latitude and 59° 25' 44.06 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to Then following a straight line in a southwesterly direction to the outflow of Mulligan River from the southern extremity of an unnamed lake at 53° 56' 14.46 north latitude and 60° 04' 50.33 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally westerly direction to the confluence of the Naskaupi with the Red Wine Rivers; Then following the southwestern bank of the Then following the western bank of the Then following a straight line due north to
the eastern shoreline of Then following the eastern shoreline of Naskaupi Lake in a generally northwesterly, then northerly, then northeasterly direction to The Narrows located at 54° 18' 21.09 north latitude and 61° 25' 50.78 west longitude; Then following the northern bank of the
unnamed river in a generally easterly direction to Then following the western shoreline of Then following a straight line in a
generally north by northwesterly direction to the southern extremity of Then following the western shore of Then following a straight line in a
generally northwesterly direction to the eastern extremity of Then following the southern shoreline of the string of interconnected unnamed lakes, streams, and rivers in a generally northeasterly direction to the headwaters of the Kaipokok River at 54° 32' 12.2" north latitude and 61° 15' 43.75" west longitude; Then following a straight line in a
generally easterly direction to the headwaters stream of the Then following the southern shoreline of the
(o) Grand
Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the southern extremity of an unnamed lake at 53° 56' 14.46 north latitude and 60° 04' 50.33 west longitude; Then following the western bank of the Mulligan River in a generally southerly direction to its confluence with an unnamed river at 53° 52' 01.32 north latitude and 60° 05' 24.58 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally south by southwesterly direction to the summit of Mokami Hill; Then following a straight line in a generally
southwesterly direction to Ten Mile Point on Then following a straight line across Then following the southwest shoreline of Then following the southern shoreline of
Nardini Pond in a generally westerly direction to its confluence with the Then following the northern shoreline of
Nardini Pond in a generally easterly direction to its confluence with Then following the shoreline of Then following the western bank of the Then following a straight line in a generally easterly direction to the point of commencement. (p) Seal
Lake Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of 62° 55' 41.00 west longitude with the northern shoreline of Pike Lake at 53° 54' 49.59 north latitude; Then following 62° 55' 41.00 west longitude
in a generally northerly direction to said longitude's intersection with the northern bank of the Then following the northern bank of the Then following a straight line in a
generally southeasterly direction to the eastern extremity of Then following a straight line in a
generally southeasterly direction to the northern extremity of Then following the western shoreline of the Then following a straight line in a
southeasterly direction to the northwestern extremity of Then following the western shoreline of Namaycush Lake in a generally south by southwesterly direction to the unnamed river draining it at 54° 18' 21.35" north latitude and 61° 18' 55.71" west longitude; Then following the northern bank of this unnamed river in a generally westerly direction to The Narrows at 54° 18' 21.09 north latitude and 61° 25' 50.78 west longitude; Then following the eastern shoreline of Naskaupi Lake in a generally southwesterly, then southeasterly, then southerly direction to the Naskaupi River at 54° 13' 54.33 north latitude and 61° 26' 22.87 west longitude; Then following a straight line due south to
the western bank of the Then following the western bank of the Then following the northern bank of the Wapustan River and the northern shoreline of its unnamed headwaters lake in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to the western extremity of said lake at 54° 08' 13.60 north latitude and 61° 49' 54.89 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally southwesterly direction to the point of commencement. (q) Double
Mer Barrens Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Main River and Sandy Point on Double Mer; Then following the northern shoreline of Double Mer in a generally northeasterly direction to Whittles Point; Then following a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to a point on the north shore of Valley Bay on Lake Melville at 54° 02' 43.9 north latitude and 58° 56' 58.13 west longitude; Then following the north shore of Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction to Jewel Point in Then following the northern shoreline of Then following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to Green Point; Then following the shoreline in a generally southwesterly direction to the northern bank of Tom Luscombe Brook; Then following the northern bank of Tom Luscombe Brook in a westerly direction to its confluence with an unnamed tributary at 54° 20' 26.1 north latitude and 58° 31' 00.7 west longitude; Then following the northeastern bank of this unnamed tributary in a westerly direction to its source in Tom Luscombes Pond at 54° 25' 41.32 north latitude and 58° 31' 09.59 west longitude; Then following the southern shoreline of Tom Luscombes Pond in a generally westerly by northwesterly direction to the outflow of an unnamed brook at 54° 25' 47.07 north latitude and 58° 31' 38.61 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a generally northwesterly direction to the confluence of Big River and a tributary flowing from the eastern extremity of Little Michinappi Lake at 54° 32' 20.88 north latitude and 59° 25' 20.83 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to Then following the eastern bank of Then following the northern shoreline of Double Mer in a generally southeasterly direction to the point of commencement. (r) Mulligan
River Zone All that area of Labrador bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Main River and Sandy Point on Double Mer; Then following the northern shoreline of Double Mer in a generally easterly by northeasterly direction to Whittles Point; Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the north shore of Valley Bay on Lake Melville at 54° 02' 43.09 north latitude and 58° 56' 58.13 west longitude; Then continuing on this straight line in a generally southerly direction to a point near Burnt Head on Lake Melville at 54° 01' 09.71 north latitude and 58° 56' 18.69 west longitude; Then following the shoreline in a generally southerly direction to Burnt Head; Then following the shoreline of Then following a straight line in a generally southwesterly direction to Montagnais Point; Then following a straight line in a southwesterly direction to the outlet of an unnamed stream on Little Lake at 53° 33' 26.00 north latitude and 60° 10' 23.19 west longitude; Then following the northern shoreline of Little Lake to the Rapids; Then following a straight line in a generally south by southwesterly direction to the closest point on the opposite shoreline of the Rapids; Then following the southern shoreline of the
Rapids in a westerly by northwesterly direction to Then following the southwestern shoreline of
Then following a straight line in a
generally northeasterly direction to Ten Mile Point on Then following a straight line in a generally northeasterly direction to the summit of Mokami Hill; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to the confluence of Mulligan River and an unnamed river at 53° 52' 01.32 north latitude and 60° 05' 24.58 west longitude; Then following the western bank of the Mulligan River in a generally northerly direction to its confluence with the southern extremity of an unnamed lake at 53° 56' 14.46 north latitude and 60° 04' 50.33 west longitude; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to the eastern bank of Main River at 54° 12' 35.59 north latitude and 59° 47' 00.73 west longitude; Then following the eastern bank of ©Queen's Printer |