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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§410ccc–1 Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LIX–AA— CANE RIVER CREOLE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA › Part A— Cane River Creole National Historical Park › § 410ccc–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in Louisiana to help preserve, explain, and teach about Creole culture and the Natchitoches region. It also must give technical help to many public and private landowners and preservation groups. The park includes: lands and buildings tied to Oakland Plantation (map CARI, 80,002, January 1994); lands and buildings owned or acquired by Museum Contents, Inc. (map CARI, 80,001A, May 1994); certain sites that could be added under cooperative agreements (for example, Melrose Plantation, the Badin-Rouge site, Cherokee Plantation, Beau Fort Plantation, and places in the Natchitoches National Historical Landmark District) — those sites can only be added if the Secretary finds they meet national significance, suitability, and feasibility and notifies the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the relevant House committees; up to 10 acres that the Secretary may set aside for an interpretive visitor center serving the park and the heritage area in part B; and about 46.1 acres marked “Proposed Addition” (Magnolia Plantation Unit) on map number 494/176,958 (October 2021).

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410ccc–1

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(a)In order to assist in the preservation and interpretation of, and education concerning, the Creole culture and diverse history of the Natchitoches region, and to provide technical assistance to a broad range of public and private landowners and preservation organizations, there is hereby established the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “historical park”).
(b)The historical park shall consist of lands and interests therein as follows:
(1)Lands and structures associated with the Oakland Plantation as depicted on map CARI, 80,002, dated January 1994.
(2)Lands and structures owned or acquired by Museum Contents, Inc. as depicted on map CARI, 80,001A, dated May 1994.
(3)Sites that may be the subject of cooperative agreements with the National Park Service for the purposes of historic preservation and interpretation including, but not limited to, the Melrose Plantation, the Badin-Rouge 11 So in original. Probably should be “Badin-Roque”. site, the Cherokee Plantation, the Beau Fort Plantation, and sites within the Natchitoches National Historical Landmark District: Provided, That such sites may not be added to the historical park unless the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) determines, based on further research and planning, that such sites meet the applicable criteria for national historical significance, suitability, and feasibility, and notification of the proposed addition has been transmitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives.
(4)Not to exceed 10 acres of land that the Secretary may designate for an interpretive visitor center complex to serve the needs of the historical park and heritage area established in part B of this subchapter.
(5)The approximately 46.1 acres of land identified as “Proposed Addition”, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Cane River Creole National Historical Park Proposed Addition—Magnolia Plantation Unit”, numbered 494/176,958, and dated October 2021.

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Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 117–328 added par. (5).

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410ccc–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60