Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§460aaa Establishment
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXII— - GRAND ISLAND NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460aaa
Summary
Create the Grand Island National Recreation Area in Lake Superior, Michigan to protect and improve its natural, recreational, and historic resources like cliffs, caves, beaches, and forests for present and future generations.
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Title 16, §460aaa
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In order to preserve and protect for present and future generations the outstanding resources and values of Grand Island in Lake Superior, Michigan, and for the purposes of providing for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of its scenery, recreation, fish and wildlife, vegetation and historical and cultural resources, there is hereby established the Grand Island National Recreation Area (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “national recreation area”). These resources and values include, but are not limited to, cliffs, caves, beaches, forested appearance, natural biological diversity, and features of early settlement.
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16 U.S.C. § 460aaa
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73