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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 191. Establishment; boundaries; reclamation project
The tract of land in the State of Colorado particularly described
by and included within metes and bounds as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner of section 34, township 3 north,
range 73 west of the sixth principal meridian, Colorado, thence
north along the section lines to the northeast corner of section 3,
said township; thence west to the northwest corner of said section;
thence north along the section lines to the northeast corner of
section 16, township 4 north, range 73 west; thence west to the
northwest corner of said section; thence north to the northeast
corner of section 8, said township; thence west along the section
lines to the northwest corner of section 7, said township; thence
north to the northeast corner of township 4 north, range 74 west;
thence west along the first correction line north, to the southeast
corner of section 36, township 5 north, range 74 west; thence north
along the range line to the northeast corner of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 13, said township;
thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 14, said township; thence north to the
northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter
of section 11, said township; thence east to the northeast corner
of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 12,
said township; thence south along the range line to the southeast
corner of said section; thence east along the section lines to the
southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 5
north, range 73 west; thence north to the northeast corner of the
southwest quarter of said section; thence east to the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter of said section; thence north to
the northeast corner of said section; thence east to the southeast
corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section
2, said township; thence north to the northeast corner of the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section; thence
east to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter, said section; thence north to the northeast
corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said
section; thence east to the southeast corner of the northeast
quarter of section 1, said township; thence north along the range
line to the northeast corner of section 36, township 7 north, range
73 west; thence west along the section lines to the intersection
with the west bank of the Big South Cache la Poudre River in
township 7 north, range 75 west; thence southeasterly along the
west bank of said river to the mouth of a tributary of said river,
probably in section 1, township 6 north, range 75 west; said
tributary heading at La Poudre Pass in section 20, township 6
north, range 75 west; thence southwesterly along the west bank of
said tributary to its head; thence across the Continental Divide to
the headwaters of the North Fork of the Grand River, which also
heads at La Poudre Pass; thence down the west bank of the North
Fork of the Grand River to its intersection with the section line
between sections 29 and 30, township 6 north, range 75 west; thence
south along the section lines to the southeast corner of section
18, township 5 north, range 75 west; thence west along the section
line to its intersection with the west bank of the North Fork of
the Grand River; thence down the west bank of the North Fork of the
Grand River to its intersection with the section line between
sections 25 and 36, township 4 north, range 76 west; thence east to
the northeast corner of section 36, said township; thence south
along the range line to the southeast corner of said township;
thence east along the township line to the northeast corner of the
northwest quarter of section 4, township 3 north, range 75 west;
thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of
section 9, said township; thence west along the quarter section
line to its intersection with a creek in section 7, said township,
this creek being an outlet of Grand Lake, and flowing into the
North Fork of the Grand River; thence southerly along the said
creek to its junction with the North Fork of the Grand River;
thence southerly along the west bank of the North Fork of the Grand
River to its intersection with the township line between townships
2 and 3 north; thence east along the township line to the southeast
corner of section 34, township 3 north, range 73 west of the sixth
principal meridian, Colorado, the place of beginning, is reserved
and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or disposal under the
laws of the United States, and is dedicated and set apart as a
public park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the
United States, under the name of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
The United States Reclamation service may enter upon and utilize
for flowage or other purposes any area within said park which may
be necessary for the development and maintenance of a Government
reclamation project.
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