Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§410r–1 Acceptance of Additional Lands

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIV — EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK › § 410r–1

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can accept about 1,160 acres of land and submerged land in sections 25, 26, and 36 (township 53 south, range 29 east) and section 30 (township 53 south, range 30 east), Tallahassee meridian. These parcels come from three Collier deeds dated December 12, 1951; December 26, 1951; and March 21, 1952 (Collier County: deed book 22, pages 240 and 244; deed book 39, page 25) that were conveyed to the trustees of the State Internal Improvement Fund to be added to Everglades National Park. The land remains subject to the reserved public utility easements and rights‑of‑way for Indian Key Channel and to the public right‑of‑way for the State highway/causeway from Everglades City to Chokoloskee Island.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410r–1

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept for Everglades National Park purposes, title to approximately 1,160 acres of land and submerged land lying within section 25, 26, and 36 of township 53 south, range 29 east, and section 30, township 53 south, range 30 east, Tallahassee meridian, and being a portion of the land and submerged land donated and conveyed by three Collier deeds in 1951 and 1952 to the trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida for subsequent inclusion in the Everglades National Park. Such three Collier deeds are dated December 12, 1951, December 26, 1951, and March 21, 1952, and are recorded in deed book 22, page 240, deed book 22, page 244, and deed book 39, page 25, respectively, in Collier County, Florida. The aforesaid land and submerged land shall be subject to the reservations set forth in the aforementioned Collier deeds for public utility easements and rights-of-way of the public with respect to Indian Key Channel, and also to a public right-of-way for the State highway or causeway from Everglades City to Chokoloskee Island.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410r–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102