Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§408g Submerged Lands Surrounding Islands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LII — ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK › § 408g
Summary
Add to Isle Royale National Park all underwater land inside U.S. territorial waters that is within four and one‑half miles of the shore of Isle Royale and the nearby islands, including Passage Island and the Gull Islands. The Secretary of the Interior may accept donated ownership of any of those lands the United States does not already own if the legal title is acceptable to him.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §408g
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The boundaries of the Isle Royale National Park are hereby extended to include any submerged lands within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States within four and one-half miles of the shoreline of Isle Royale and the surrounding islands, including Passage Island and the Gull Islands, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to acquire title by donation to any such lands not now owned by the United States, the title to be satisfactory to him.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–567 inserted “within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States” after “submerged lands”, “including Passage Island and the Gull Islands” after “surrounding islands”, and struck out “immediately” after “Isle Royale and the”.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 408g
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102