Section 4. Conveyance partly in Nesquehoning Borough and partly in Lehigh Township, Carbon County.
(a) Authorization to convey property.--The Department of General Services, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the approval of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Governor, is hereby authorized to grant and convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely for the use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, a parcel in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, in exchange for a tract partly in Nesquehoning Borough and partly in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, to be conveyed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and added to Lehigh Gorge State Park, as described in subsection (d).
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed in accordance with subsection (a) consists of a parcel totaling approximately 332.3 acres and improvements thereon, bounded and more particularly described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or piece of land in the Township of Lehigh, County of Carbon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania being the greater part of the warrantee of John Olden, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the Northwesterly line of Consolidated Rail Corporation at the Southern boundary line of the John Olden warrant; thence North 82° 40'47" West 1,346.40 feet to a point in line of State Game Lands No. 141; thence along the same the following four (4) courses and distances: North 2° 25' 47" West 1,608.70 feet to a point, a corner in the Pennsylvania State Game Lands; North 82° 04' 13" East 181.50 feet to a point, another corner; North 7°55'47" West 1,659.00 feet to a point, a corner; North 82° 04' 13" East 3,602.51 feet to a point on the Westerly line of Consolidated Rail Corporation; thence Southwardly, Southwestwardly, Westwardly and Southwestwardly 8,500 feet to a point and place of beginning.
Containing 332.3 acres.
TOGETHER WITH the right and privilege of crossing the Lehigh River to and from the above-described property on a catwalk or bridge suspended across the Lehigh River for access to and from the property condemned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against John J. Snyder et al.
AND ALSO all the right title and interest of Henry Paul Beck and / or Tidewater Oil Company in and to the reversion or terminable estate of the railroads in and along strips of land between the Lehigh river and the above described property.
Being the same lands which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of General Services condemned from Tidewater Oil Company; Henry Paul Beck Estate and any other persons or names having an interest in the property, by Declaration of Taking, dated December 17, 1981, No. 81-5-548 in the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and also being parcel number 81-27-B4.
(c) Authorization to receive property.--The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to receive that certain tract of land situated partly in Lehigh Township and partly in Nesquehoning Borough as described in subsection (d) in exchange for that property to be conveyed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely for the use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, in accordance with subsection (a).
(d) Property description.--The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Game Commission shall grant and convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a tract partly in Nesquehoning Borough and partly in Lehigh Township, Carbon County, to be added to Lehigh Gorge State Park. The tract to be conveyed consists of approximately 449 acres and improvements described as follows:
This tract, referred to as the Glen Onoko tract, is generally bound on the west by Jean's Run, the south and east by either the Lehigh River or the Lehigh Valley Rail Line and the north by a gravel access road referenced as Nine Mile Loop Trail. This tract is generally depicted on a map developed June 3, 2025 by the Bureau of State Parks in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, on file with the Bureau of State Parks, Resource Management and Planning Division.
Being part of three tracts of land acquired by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, solely for the use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission through the following deeds:
Parcel 95-43-B1: Deed from the Trustees of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends granted and conveyed unto The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, by deed dated May 17, 1950 and recorded at Carbon County Deed Book 162, page 274.
Parcel 95-27-A1: Deed from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company granted and conveyed unto The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, by deed dated November 18, 1952 and recorded at Carbon County Deed Book 169, page 275.
Parcel 81-27-B5: Deed from the Tax Claim Bureau of Carbon County granted and conveyed unto The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, by deed dated July 20, 1951 and recorded at Carbon County Deed Book 162, page 746.
The final description will be determined in accordance with a final approved subdivision plan to be prepared by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
(e) Easements and encumbrances.--The conveyances described in this section shall be made concurrently and under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(f) Deeds.--The conveyances authorized in subsection (a) and described in subsection (d) shall be made by quit claim deeds.