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Newfoundland and Labrador
Open Season Big Game Caribou Hunting Order, (Filed June 22, 2017) Under the
authority of sections 38 and 114 of the Wild
Life Regulations and the Wild Life
Act, I make the following Order. Dated at Steve Crocker ORDER Analysis 1. Short
title 2. Hunting
prohibited 3. Caribou
management areas 4. Open
seasons 5. Bag
limit 6. Prohibition 7. Sunday
hunting 8. Repeal Schedule Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Open Season Big Game Caribou Hunting Order,
Newfoundland, 2017-2018. Hunting prohibited 2. The hunting of caribou is prohibited throughout
the Caribou management areas 3. The caribou management areas are as described
in the Schedule. Open seasons 4. (1) The open seasons for the hunting of caribou in the areas described in the Schedule shall be:
(2) In
addition to subsection (1), hunting by bow and arrow only shall be permitted in
Areas 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 77, 78 and 79 for the period August 26,
2017 to September 8, 2017. Bag limit 5. The bag limit is one caribou as specified in
each licence. Prohibition 6. A person shall not transport or possess any
firearm under the authority of a valid game licence without being in possession
of an outdoor identification card, or equivalent non-resident card issued to
the person. Sunday hunting 7. Hunting with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province, beginning October 1, 2017 and ending April 29, 2018, for the species and during the seasons as described in this Order. Repeal 8. The
Open Season Big Game Caribou Hunting
Order, Newfoundland, 2016-2017, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 53/16,
is repealed. Schedule (a) Area 61 - LaPoile All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the southeast branch of Southwest Brook at UTM coordinates 421,602 metres east and 5,371,355 metres north; Then following a straight line in a
southeasterly direction to the outflow of a brook into the eastern extremity of
Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to Then following the southeastern bank of Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to an unnamed river at the southwestern extremity of Victoria Lake Reservoir at UTM coordinates 467,058 metres east and 5,340,999 metres north; Then following the northern bank of this unnamed river in a generally westerly direction to the western extremity of a pond at UTM coordinates 456,952 metres east and 5,338,821 metres north; Then following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to a brook at the northeastern extremity of Peter Stride's Pond; Then following the northern shoreline of
said pond in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with the Then following the Then following the northern bank of said river in a northeasterly direction to its confluence with Spruce Pond; Then following the northern shoreline of Spruce Pond to a brook at its eastern extremity at UTM coordinates 461,849 metres east and 5,329,219 metres north; Then following the eastern bank of this brook in a southerly direction to its confluence with an unnamed pond; Then following the northern and eastern shorelines of said pond in a southeasterly direction to UTM coordinates 462,747 metres east and 5,328,615 metres north; Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to where an unnamed river enters an unnamed pond at UTM coordinates 467,193 metres east and 5,311,908 metres north; Then following the south bank of this unnamed river in a generally southerly, then southeasterly direction to its confluence with White Bear River at UTM coordinates 476,815 metres east and 5,308,977 metres north; Then following the western bank of White Bear River in a generally southerly direction to its confluence with White Bear Bay; Then following the coastline of Then following the coastline of insular Then following the TCH in a generally northwesterly, then northeasterly direction to the northern abutment of the bridge crossing Southwest Brook; Then following the northern bank of Southwest Brook in an easterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands. (b) Area 62 - Buchans Plateau All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the Trans Canada Highway, TCH, Route 1 bridge crossing Southwest Brook; Then following the TCH in a generally north by northeasterly direction to its intersection with the Camp 33 Road; Then following Camp 33 Road in an easterly
direction to the southwestern extremity of Then following the southern and eastern
shorelines of Then following the southern bank of Hinds
Brook in a southeasterly direction to Then following the southwestern shoreline of
Then following a straight line in a
southeasterly direction to the mouth of a brook in the southwestern extremity
of Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the southwestern abutment of the Exploits Dam on Red Indian Lake; Then following the southeastern shoreline of Red Indian Lake in a generally southwesterly direction to the mouth of a brook at UTM coordinates 495,652 metres east and 5,379,530 metres north; Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the intersection of the forest access road with an unnamed brook at UTM coordinates 515,108 metres east and 5,348,718 metres north; Then following said forest access road in a generally southwesterly, then westerly, then northwesterly direction to the southwestern abutment of a bridge at UTM coordinates 470,894 metres east and 5,340,926 metres north; Then following the southern shoreline of Victoria Lake Reservoir in a westerly direction to an unnamed river into its southwestern extremity at UTM coordinates 467,058 metres east and 5,340,999 metres north; Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction to the confluence of Then following the southeastern bank of Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction to a brook at the eastern extremity of Then following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to a point on the southeast branch of Southwest Brook at UTM coordinates 421,602 metres east and 5,371,355 metres north; Then following the northern bank of Southwest Brook in a generally westerly direction to the point of commencement. (c) Area 63 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the mouth of White Bear River in White Bear Bay; Then following the western bank of White Bear River in a generally northerly direction to its confluence at an unnamed river located at UTM coordinates 476,835 metres east and 5,308,922 metres north; Then following the north bank of the unnamed river in a west by north-westerly direction to an unnamed pond located at UTM coordinates 466,985 metres east and 5,311,647 metres north; Then following a straight line in a north-westerly direction to an unnamed pond at UTM coordinates 462,745 metres east and 5,328,644 metres north; Then following the eastern shoreline of said pond to its eastern extremity of Spruce Pond; Then following the northern shoreline of Spruce Pond in a generally westerly direction to an unnamed river at its south-western extremity; Then following said unnamed river to its
intersection with the Then following the Then following the northern shoreline of Peter Strides Pond to a river located at its north-eastern extremity; Then following this unnamed river in a generally easterly direction to the south-western extremity of Victoria Lake Reservoir; Then following the southern shoreline of the aforementioned reservoir to the forest access road located at its south-eastern extremity; Then following the forest access road in southerly then easterly direction to its intersection with an unnamed brook at UTM coordinates 514,879 metres east and 5,347,269 metres north; Then following a straight line in a north-westerly direction to a small cove on Red Indian Lake located at UTM coordinates 495,641 metres east and 5,379,525 metres north; Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the south bank of the Then following a straight line in a
south-westerly direction for approximately 550 metres to the intersection of Then following Then following said brook to its mouth at
the eastern arm of Then following the south-eastern shoreline
of Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to the eastern extremity of Then following a straight line in a south-easterly direction to the mouth of Northwest Brook in Bay d'Espoir; Then following the coastline in a generally westerly direction to the point of commencement but excluding all offshore islands. (d) Area 64 - Middle Ridge All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the mouth of Southeast Brook in Bay d'Espoir; Then following the western bank of Southeast Brook in a generally northerly direction to its intersection with Route 361; Then following Route 361 in a northeasterly direction to its intersection with the Bay d'Espoir Highway, Route 360; Then following the Bay d'Espoir Highway in a
northerly direction to the southern abutment of the bridge crossing the Then following the southern bank of the Then following the southern bank of this
brook in an easterly direction to its intersection with the Then following the TCH in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with the T'Railway at UTM coordinates 705,293 metres east and 5,402,388 metres north near Gambo; Then following the T'Railway in a generally southerly direction to its intersection with Route 210 near Goobies; Then following Route 210 in a generally southwesterly direction to Route 211; Then following Route 211 in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with Harbour Brook at Terrenceville; Then following the northeastern bank of
Harbour Brook in a northerly direction to its confluence with Then following the coastlines of Excluding all offshore islands. (e) Area 65 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland on the Avalon Peninsula bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Witless Bay Line, Route 13, and the Trans Canada Highway, TCH, Route 1; Then following Witless Bay Line in a generally easterly direction to its intersection with the Southern Shore Highway, Route 10; Then following Route 10 in a generally
southerly direction to its southernmost intersection with the coastline of Then following the coastline of insular Then following the coastline of insular Then following the eastern coastline of Then following the western bank of said brook in a generally northerly direction to its intersection with the Southern Shore Highway, Route 10; Then following this highway in a generally southwesterly, then northwesterly direction to the western abutment of the bridge crossing Peter's River; Then following the western bank of Peter's
River in a generally southerly direction to its confluence with Then following the shoreline of Then following the shoreline of St. Mary's Bay in a northerly direction to Salmonier Arm; Then following the southeastern shoreline of Salmonier Arm in a northeasterly direction to the southern abutment of the Route 90 bridge near St. Catherine's; Then following Route 90, Salmonier Line in a
generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with the Then following the TCH in a generally easterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding (f) Area 66 - Gaff Topsails All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Hinds Brook with Grand Lake; Then following the southeastern shorelines
of Then following a straight line in an easterly direction to a point on the Trans Canada Highway, TCH, Route 1, at UTM coordinates 527,036 metres east and 5,466,795 metres north; Then following the TCH in a northeasterly,
then easterly, then southerly direction to the town of Then following Badger to a point on the
northern bank of the Then following a straight line due south to
the southern bank of the Then following the southern bank of the Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction to the southwestern extremity of Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction to the southwestern abutment of the dam located at Then following the southern and western
shorelines of Then following the southwestern bank of Hinds Brook in a northwesterly direction to the point of commencement. (g) Area 67
- Pot Hill All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Southeast Brook with Bay d'Espoir; Then following the coastline of Bay d'Espoir in a generally northwesterly direction to the eastern abutment of the bridge at the northernmost extremity of Bay d'Espoir at UTM coordinates 591,093 metres east and 5,311,893 metres north; Then following a straight line in a
northwesterly direction to the eastern extremity of Then following the northern shoreline of Then following the eastern bank of said
brook in a generally northerly direction to Then following the eastern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of said brook to its intersection with the forest access road at UTM coordinates 576,272 metres east and 5,396,968 metres north; Then following this forest access road in a
southeasterly direction to its intersection with the Then following the Then following this forest access road in a
northwesterly direction to the southern abutment of the Then following the southern bank of the Then following the TCH in a southeasterly direction to its intersection with the Bay d'Espoir Highway, Route 360; Then following Route 360 in a generally southerly by southwesterly direction to its intersection with Route 361; Then following Route 361 in a generally southwesterly direction to Southeast Brook; Then following the western bank of Southeast Brook in a southwesterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands. (h) Area 68 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the southeastern abutment of the bridge on the Bay d'Espoir Highway, Route 360, crossing the Northwest Gander River; Then following the Bay d'Espoir Highway,
Route 360 in a generally northerly direction to its intersection with the Then following the TCH in a generally
northeasterly, then southeasterly direction to the western abutment of the Then following the western bank of the Then following the southern bank of the (i) Management
Area 69 - All that area of the Then following the southern shoreline of Salt Water Pond, the eastern shoreline of Castor Cove, the western coastline of Chimney Bay, the western coastline of Canada Bay, and the western coastline of White Bay in a generally southeasterly direction to Canada Head; Then following the eastern coastline of the Then following said bridge in a southerly
direction to its southernmost abutment on the southern bank of Then following the southern bank of Then following a straight line in a
southwesterly direction to a point on the Then following the Then following the Viking Trail in a north
by northeasterly direction to its confluence with the southern bank of Then following the southern bank of Then following a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the mouth of a brook at the western extremity of Flat Steady at UTM coordinates 514,195 metres east and 5,625,310 metres north; Then following the southern shoreline of Flat Steady in a generally easterly direction to its easternmost extremity; Then following a straight line in an
easterly direction to the headwaters of Then following the south bank of Excluding all offshore islands. (j) Area 70 - All that
area of (k) Area 71 - All that
area of (l) Area 72 - All that
area of (m) Area 73 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the western abutment of the bridge on Route 210 crossing Piper's Hole River; Then following the southwestern bank of
Piper's Then following the coastline of Placentia
Bay in a generally southwesterly direction to Skiffsail Point, Then following the northern shoreline of Mortier Bay and Southwest Arm in a generally northerly, then westerly, then southwesterly direction to the eastern abutment of a bridge on Route 210 crossing Southwest Arm, Mortier Bay; Then following Route 210 in a generally northwesterly direction to its intersection with Route 213; Then following Route 213 in a generally northwesterly direction to Garnish; Then following the shortest straight line
distance in a generally northerly direction to the coastline of Then following the coastline of Then following the nearest straight line
distance in a generally southerly direction to the Then following said highway in a northeasterly direction to its intersection with Route 210; Then following Route 210 in a northeasterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands except (n) Area 74 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Routes 210 and 213, between Garnish and Marystown; Then following Route 210 in a generally
southeasterly direction to the western abutment of a bridge crossing Southwest
Arm, Then following the southern coastline of
Southwest Arm in a southerly, then northeasterly direction to Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the coastline of Placentia
Bay in a generally southwesterly direction to Then following the coastline of the Then following the coastline of the Then following the coastline of Then following the shortest straight line distance in a southerly direction to Route 213; Then following Route 213 in a southeasterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands. (o) Area 75 - Blow Me All that area of the Then following the northern bank of Then following the coastline of the Gulf of
St. Lawrence in a generally northerly by northeasterly direction to South Head,
Then following the coastline of the Then following the southern shoreline of
Humber Arm in a southeasterly direction to the confluence of Cook's Brook with
the Humber Arm, Then following the western bank of Cook's Brook in a southerly direction to its confluence with an unnamed brook at UTM coordinates 422,042 metres east and 5,420,960 metres north; Then following the northwestern bank of this brook in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with a forest access road at UTM coordinates 420,758 metres east and 5,419,681 metres north; Then following this forest access road in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with a brook at UTM coordinates 419,699 metres east and 5,418,112 metres north; Then following the northwestern bank of this
brook in a generally westerly by southwesterly direction to its confluence with
Then following the northern shoreline of Excluding all offshore islands. (p) Area 76
- All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the shoreline of Crouse Harbour and a wharf at UTM coordinates 578,006 metres east and 5,639,618 metres north; Then following a straight line in a southwesterly direction to the confluence of an unnamed road and Route 434 at UTM coordinates 577,742 metres east and 5,639,577 metres north; Then following Route 434 in a northerly, then westerly direction to its intersection with Route 433; Then following Route 433 in a northwesterly direction to its intersection with Route 432; Then following Route 432 in a westerly direction to its intersection with Route 430; Then following Route 430 in a northwesterly direction to the point where it intersects a small stream flowing from Grand Pond; Then following said stream in a westerly
direction to its outflow into the Strait of Belle Isle, Then following the eastern coastline of the Then following the coastline of Then following the southern bank of the Then following Route 437 in a southeasterly direction to its intersection with Route 436; Then following Route 436 in a southwesterly direction to its intersection with Route 430; Then following Route 430 in a southerly direction to its end near Loup Marin Point; Then following the closest straight line
distance in a generally northerly direction to the shoreline of Goose Cove, Then following the coastline of Then following the western coastline of the Excluding all offshore islands. (q) Area 77
- Cape Shore All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by the line beginning at the intersection of Route 100 and Route 91 near Point Verde; Then following the Then following Route 92 in a generally southwesterly direction to its intersection with Route 100 near Branch; Then following Route 100 in a generally westerly then northerly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands. (r) Area 78 - Hampden All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Route 410 with Route 411 near Flatwater Pond; Then following Route 410 in a generally
southerly direction to its intersection with the Then following the TCH in a southwesterly
direction to its intersection with the old Then following the old TCH in a generally westerly direction to its intersection with Route 420; Then following Route 420 in a generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with Route 421; Then following Route 421 in a generally northeasterly direction to a point at UTM coordinates 510,429 metres east and 5,487,995 metres north; Then following the shortest straight line
distance to the southern coastline of Then following the eastern coastline of Then following the northern bank of said stream in a northeasterly direction to its intersection with the northern abutment of the Route 411 bridge near Purbeck's Cove; Then following Route 411 in a generally northerly, then easterly direction to the point of commencement; Excluding all offshore islands. (s) Area 79 - All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at a point on the southern coastline of White Bay at UTM coordinates 510,450 metres east and 5,488,050 metres north; Then following the shortest straight line
distance in a southerly direction to the Then following Route 421 in a southerly direction to its intersection with Route 420; Then following Route 420 in a southerly
direction to its intersection with the Then following the TCH in a southwesterly
direction to its intersection with Route 430 near Then following Route 430 in a northwesterly
direction to its intersection with the boundary of Then following the eastern boundary of Then following a straight line in a
northeasterly direction to a point on Then following the south bank of said river
in a generally easterly direction to its confluence with Sops Arm, Then following the western coastline of Then following the eastern coastline of Excluding all offshore islands. ©Queen's Printer |