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Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area Designation and Regulations made under Section 113 of the
Wildlife Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 504
O.I.C. 82-999 (August 17, 1982, effective September 1, 1982), N.S. Reg. 188/82
The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Lands and Forests dated the 30th day of July, A.D., 1982, and pursuant to subsection (6) of Section 161 of Chapter 163 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1967, the Lands and Forests Act, is pleased to
(a) declare the area described in Schedule "A" and shown outlined in red on Schedule "B", both Schedules attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation, a wildlife management area to be known as Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area; and
(b) make regulations in the form set out in Schedule "C" attached to the report and recommendation, for the control of the wildlife management area and the management of wildlife therein.
Schedule "A" - Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area All that certain lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Dewey Creek, County of Kings, Province of Nova Scotia, being and intending to be "Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area" as shown on a plan of survey (Field Plot No. P-01/82) filed in the Department of Lands and Forests office, Halifax, the said parcel, piece or lot of land being comprised of lands owned by Peter Van Oostrum, Scott Brothers Ltd., Canard Poultry, E.L. Ells, Gerald Eaton, Charles Eaton, and Malcolm Eaton and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point situate on the northern boundary of public highway No. 341, said point also being situate 300' westerly from the high water mark of Dewey Creek;
Thence northerly, then easterly and then southerly in a clockwise direction following a line parallel to and 300' distant from the high water mark of Dewey Creek 13,100' more or less to the northern boundary of public highway No. 341;
Thence westerly following the northern boundary of public highway No. 341 a distance of 1,700' more or less to the place of beginning.The above described parcel of land contains 137 acres more or less including the area of Dewey Creek.
Schedule "B" [Note: The map contained in Schedule "B" is not available in this format. Contact the Registry of Regulations for more information or to obtain a copy.]
Schedule "C"
Regulations for the Management of the Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area
made pursuant to Section 113 of the Wildlife Act1 In these regulations
(a) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources,
(b) "Minister" means the Minister of Natural Resources.
(c) "Wildlife Management Area" means Dewey Creek Wildlife Management Area.
2 No person shall enter the Wildlife Management Area without first having obtained a written permit from the Department provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to the owner of any lands within the limits of the Wildlife Management Area or to such owner’s family or employees.
3 Except as provided in these regulations, no person shall
(a) kill, take, hunt, trap, or pursue or attempt to kill, take or trap any wild mammal or bird within the limits of the Wildlife Management Area;
(b) have in his possession any firearm, trap, snare or poison or any wild mammal or bird or the carcass of any part of any wild mammal or bird within the limits of the Wildlife Management Area.
4 Notwithstanding Section 3 of these regulations, the Minister may authorize employees of the Department, upon such conditions as he deems necessary, to
(a) kill, take, hunt, trap, or pursue or attempt to kill, take or trap any wild mammal or bird within the limits of the Wildlife Management Area.
(b) have in his possession any firearm, trap, snare or poison or any wild mammal or bird or the carcass or any part of any wild mammal or bird within the limits of the Wildlife Management Area.
5 These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of September A.D., 1982.