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[CITE: 16USC80]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
               SUBCHAPTER VIII--KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 80. Establishment; boundaries; preservation of rights of 
        citizens
        
    The tract of land in the State of California, particularly described 
as follows, to wit: Beginning at the summit of Junction Peak, being a 
point on the present north boundary of Sequoia National Park, also a 
point on the Tulare and Inyo County line; thence westerly along said 
north boundary of said park to the crest of the hydrographic divide 
between Boulder Creek and Sugarloaf Creek; thence in a northerly 
direction along the crest of the hydrographic divide between Boulder 
Creek and Sugarloaf Creek to the intersection of said divide with the 
section line between sections 3 and 4 of township 14 south, range 30 
east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence northerly along the section 
line between said sections 3 and 4 and between sections 33 and 34, and 
sections 27 and 28 of township 13 south, range 30 east, to the northwest 
corner of southwest quarter of section 27; thence northwesterly along 
the ridge immediately adjacent to and lying northeast from the 
headwaters of the east fork of Lightning Creek to the intersection of 
said ridge with the section line between sections 21 and 28, township 13 
south, range 30 east, which point lies on the said section line three 
quarters of a mile more or less westerly from the northeast corner of 
said section 28; thence in a northerly direction across the easterly 
branch of the east fork of Lightning Creek at Summit Meadow to the ridge 
north of said creek branch; thence northeasterly along said ridge to 
Lookout Peak; thence in a northeasterly direction along the ridge from 
said peak, being also the crest of the hydrographic divide between Sheep 
Creek and Lightning Creek to the intersection of said ridge, with the 
line between section 15 and 22, township 13 south, range 30 east, which 
point lies one quarter of a mile more or less westerly of the northeast 
corner of said section 22; thence easterly along said section line to 
the corner of sections 14, 15, 22, and 23; thence north along the line 
between sections 14 and 15 to the southwest corner of the northwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14; thence east to the 
southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of 
the said section; thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast 
quarter of the said section; thence east to the southeast corner of the 
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the said section; thence 
south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of the said section; thence east to the northeast corner of the 
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the said section; thence 
south to the southwest corner of section 13; thence east on the line 
between sections 13 and 24 to the southeast corner of section 13; thence 
south to southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter of section 19, township 13 south, range 31 east; thence east 
along the north latitudinal one-sixteenth section line of sections 19, 
20, and 21 to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter of said section 21; thence north to the quarter 
section corner of sections 16 and 21; thence east along the line between 
sections 16 and 21 to the southeast corner of said section 16; thence 
north along the section line to the quarter section corner of sections 
15 and 16; thence west along the latitudinal quarter section line of 
sections 16, 17, and 18 to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter 
of section 18; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast 
quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 18; thence west to the 
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
said section 18; thence north along the range line between ranges 30 and 
31 east, township 13 south to the northeast corner of section 13, 
township 13 south, range 30 east; thence west along the line between 
sections 12 and 13 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of 
the southwest quarter of section 12; thence north to the northeast 
corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 
12; thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter of section 11; thence north to the northeast corner of 
the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 11; 
thence west along the line between sections 2 and 11 to the northwest 
corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 
11; thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter of said section 11; thence west to the northwest 
corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 
11; thence north along the line between sections 10 and 11 and 2 and 3 
to the intersection with the ridge of southeast spur of Stag Dome; 
thence in a northwesterly direction along the crest of said spur to the 
summit of Stag Dome; thence in a northerly direction along the crest of 
the hydrographic divide between Lewis Creek and Deer Cove and Grizzly 
Creek to its intersection with Monarch Divide at Hog-Back Peak; thence 
in a westerly direction along the crest of Monarch Divide, to its 
junction with the northwesterly spur of Mount Harrington; thence 
northwesterly along the crest of hydrographic divide on the southwest 
side of the Gorge of Despair to the intersection with the line between 
sections 12 and 13, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence continuing 
west along the line between sections 12 and 13, 11 and 14 to the 
southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
said section 11; thence northerly to the southwest corner of the 
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 11; thence 
east to the quarter section corner of sections 11 and 12; thence north 
to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter of said section 11; thence east to the southeast corner of the 
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 12; thence north 
to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter of said section 12; thence east to the quarter section corner of 
sections 1 and 12; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 1; thence east to the 
southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 
said section 1; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 1; thence east to the 
quarter section corner of sections 1 and 6; thence north along the range 
line between the ranges 29 and 30 east, township 12 south, to the 
northeast corner of said section 1, township 12 south, range 29 east; 
thence east along the township line between townships 11 and 12 south 
range 30 east to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of section 31, township 11 south, range 30 east; 
thence north to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of said section 31; thence west to the northwest 
corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36, 
township 11 south, range 29 east; thence south to the quarter section 
corner of sections 1 and 36; thence west along the township line between 
townships 11 and 12 south, range 29 east to the northwest corner of 
section 1, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence south to the 
southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
said section 1; thence west to the northwest corner of the southwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2; thence south to the 
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 
said section 2; thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3; thence south to the 
southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 3; thence continuing south to the intersection with the four 
thousand four hundred contour; thence along the four thousand four 
hundred-foot contour in a southwesterly direction to its intersection 
with Tombstone Ridge; thence in a northwesterly direction along the 
crest of the Tombstone Ridge to the summit of the Obelisk; thence in a 
straight line in a northeasterly direction crossing Crown Creek to the 
summit of Kettle Dome; thence in a northeasterly direction along the 
crest of Kettle Ridge to the summit of Finger Peak in the White Divide; 
thence northwesterly along the crest of the said White Divide and the Le 
Conte Divide, passing over the summits of Mount Reinstein and Red 
Mountain to the summit of Mount Henry; thence in a northerly direction 
along the crest of the north spur of Mount Henry to the junction of the 
South Fork San Joaquin River and Piute Creek; thence across the South 
Fork San Joaquin River and in a northeasterly direction along the 
hydrographic divide between Piute Creek and the South Fork San Joaquin 
River to the summit of Pavillion Dome; thence in an easterly direction 
along the crest of said hydrographic divide to its intersection with 
Glacier Divide; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said 
Glacier Divide to a point of intersection with the crest of the Sierra 
Nevada Range, also the boundary line between Inyo County and Fresno 
County; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said Sierra 
Nevada Range, passing over the summits of Mount Lamarack, Mount Darwin, 
Mount Haeckel, Mount Wallace, Mount Powell, Mount Thompson, Mount 
Gilbert, Mount Johnson, Mount Goode, Mount Winchell, North Palisade, The 
Thumb, Mount Bolton Brown, Split Mountain, Cardinal Mountain, Striped 
Mountain, Mount Perkins, Colosseum Mountain, Mount Baxter, Diamond Peak, 
Black Mountain, Dragon Peak, Mount Bixford, Mount Gould, University 
Peak, Mount Bradley, and Mount Keith to the summit of Junction Peak, 
being the point of beginning; is reserved and withdrawn from settlement, 
occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated 
and set apart as a public park, to be known as the Kings Canyon National 
Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people: Provided, That 
nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect or abridge any 
right acquired by any citizen of the United States in the above-
described area: And provided further, That no grazing permits heretofore 
issued and in effect on January 15, 1939, affecting the area described 
in this section, for whose renewal an application is made before the 
date of expiration shall be affected by this subchapter, except that 
they shall be subject to such terms and conditions to insure protection 
of the lands and for other purposes as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Interior.

(Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 41.)


                 Additions to Kings Canyon National Park

    The following provision authorized the addition of lands to Kings 
Canyon National Park: Pub. L. 98-425, title I, Sec. 105(a)(1), Sept. 28, 
1984, 98 Stat. 1626.
