A. S. Hardy, Notice regarding establishment of ‘The Algonquin National Park of Ontario’, Sept. 27, 1893
NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following townships in the district of Nipissing, viz., PECK, HUNTER, DEVINE, BIGGAR, WILKES, CANISBAY, McLAUGHLIN, BISHOP, OSLER, PENTLAND, SPROULE, BOWER, FRESWICK, LISTER, PRESTON, DICKSON, ANGLIN and DEACON have been set aside as a public park, forest reservation and fish and game preserve, under the name of “The Algonquin National Park of Ontario,” by virtue of 56 Vic., chap. 8. The said Act strictly prohibits:
- Carrying or using firearms or explosives within the Park, except as provided by regulations.
- Hunting or trapping therein.
- Fishing with net, trap, spear or night line.
- Fishing with hook or line without license from the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
- Mining exploration or prospecting for minerals.
The Superintendent of the Park and the Park Rangers are charged with the duty of enforcing the said Act, and are empowered to arrest and bring to trial or remove from the Park, any person found violating the same, or carrying or having in his possession any fishing nets, traps, spears or night lines, firearms or explosives, and to seize and confiscate the same.
The penalty for violating the said Act is a fine not exceeding $100 for each offence, or in default of payment thereof, imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
All persons are required to govern themselves accordingly.
The co-operation of the public is invited in preserving the timber, game and natural beauty of the Park, and in carrying out the objects for which it has been established.
A. S. HARDY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands
Toronto, 27th Sept., 1893.