Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§408h Federally Owned Lands Within Park Boundaries

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LII — ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK › § 408h

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

All federal land in Isle Royale National Park is park land; the Navy keeps lighthouse control of Menagerie Island (T64N, R35W) and Rock of Ages (unsurveyed, approx. secs. 7 & 18, T63N, R39W) and may maintain/add floating and shore navigation aids.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §408h

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All federally owned lands within the boundaries of the Isle Royale National Park are made a part of the park: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall retain control and jurisdiction, for lighthouse purposes, over Menagerie Island, located in township 64 north, range 35 west, and an unsurveyed island known as Rock of Ages, situated in approximate section 7 and 18, township 63 north, range 39 west, and also shall retain the right to maintain existing floating and shore aids to navigation and to establish and maintain additional aids to navigation within the established park area when so required by general navigation.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1942—Act July 27, 1942, substituted “Secretary of the Navy” for “Secretary of the Treasury”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 408h

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102