Territorial Sea Geographical Coordinates (Area 7) Order

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Whereas Canada has long maintained and exercised sovereignty over the waters of the Canadian Arctic archipelago.Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for External Affairs, pursuant to subsection 5(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Order respecting geographical coordinates of points from which baselines may be determined, effective January 1, 1986.^note

Short Title

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This Order may be cited as the Territorial Sea Geographical Coordinates (Area 7) Order.

Interpretation

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In this Order,

Act means the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act; (Loi)

Area 7 means the Canadian Arctic Islands and Mainland and includes all islands and low-tide elevations adjacent to the Area; (région 7)

C.H.S. Chart means Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart. (carte S.H.C.)

General

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(1)The lists of geographical coordinates of points set out in Schedules I, II and III are hereby issued as lists of geographical coordinates of points from which baselines may be determined pursuant to the Act in respect of Area 7.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), the geographical coordinates of points set out in columns II and III of an item of the schedules are those determined from the chart and edition set out in column IV of that item.

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(1)In respect of the portion of Area 7 for which the geographical coordinates of points are listed in Schedule I, the baselines are straight lines joining the points so listed.

(2)In respect of the portion of Area 7 for which the geographical coordinates of points are listed in Schedule II, the baseline is the low-water line along the coast joining the points so listed.

(3)In respect of the portion of Area 7 for which the geographical coordinates of points are listed in Schedule III, the baselines are the low-water lines of the islands and of the low-tide elevations.

Schedule I · (Subsection 4(1))

| Column I | Column II | Column III | Column IVItem | Locality | Latitude | Longitude | C.H.S. Chart and Edition1. * | Nunaluk Spit | 69°36′54″N. | 139°54′10″W. | 7601 (1979)2. * | Herschel Island | 69°38′30″N. | 139°07′24″W. | 7601 (1979)3. * | Collinson Head | 69°34′40″N. | 138°50′25″W. | 7601 (1979)4 | Kay Point | 69°17′54″N. | 138°23′20″W. | 7602 (1981)5 | Pitt Island | 69°10′55″N. | 136°16′00″W. | 7602 (1981)6 | Garry Island | 69°29′55″N. | 135°49′03″W. | 7602 (1981)7. * | Pelly Island | 69°35′18″N. | 135°35′30″W. | 7602 (1981)8. * | Pelly Island | 69°38′22″N. | 135°29′00″W. | 7602 (1981)9 | Hooper Island | 69°41′45″N. | 134°55′15″W. | 7604 (1984)10. * | Pullen Island | 69°47′08″N. | 134°23′18″W. | 7604 (1984)11. * | Pullen Island | 69°46′45″N. | 134°16′18″W. | 7604 (1984)12 | Hendrickson Island | 69°32′25″N. | 133°31′50″W. | 7604 (1984)13. * | Tuft Point | 69°44′15″N. | 132°32′15″W. | 7604 (1984)14. * | Warren Point | 69°45′50″N. | 132°17′24″W. | 7604 (1984)15 | Atkinson Point | 69°57′10″N. | 131°26′15″W. | 7605 (1984)16 | Relief Islet | 70°10′20″N. | 130°46′40″W. | 7605 (1984)17 | Cape Dalhousie | 70°16′12″N. | 129°45′36″W. | 7605 (1984)18 | Observation Point | 70°38′15″N. | 128°16′06″W. | 7606 (1984)19. * | Cape Kellet | 71°59′10″N. | 126°01′00″W. | 7081 (1971)20. * | Meek Point | 72°52′20″N. | 125°07′00″W. | 7832 (1971)21. * | Liot Point | 73°06′03″N. | 124°52′20″W. | 7832 (1971)22. * | Unnamed Point | 73°29′00″N. | 124°18′40″W. | 7832 (1971)23 | Bernard Island | 73°34′45″N. | 124°20′30″W. | 7832 (1971)24. * | Norway Island | 73°41′50″N. | 124°41′00″W. | 7832 (1971)25. * | Norway Island | 73°42′50″N. | 124°43′00″W. | 7832 (1971)26 | Robilliard Island | 73°55′30″N. | 124°32′00″W. | 7832 (1971)27 | Phillips Island | 74°05′05″N. | 124°35′40″W. | 7832 (1971)28 | Gore Islands | 74°17′45″N. | 125°04′00″W. | 7832 (1971)29 | Gore Islands | 74°18′45″N. | 125°01′30″W. | 7832 (1971)30 | Cape Prince Alfred | 74°20′30″N. | 124°46′00″W. | 7832 (1971)31 | Perseverance Point | 75°54′10″N. | 122°40′20″W. | 7832 (1971)32 | Unnamed Island | 76°00′20″N. | 123°01′00″W. | 7952 (1972)33 | Unnamed Island | 76°01′24″N. | 123°03′30″W. | 7952 (1972)34 | Unnamed Island | 76°03′00″N. | 123°05′00″W. | 7952 (1972)35 | Unnamed Island | 76°12′20″N. | 122°59′00″W. | 7952 (1972)36 | Lands End | 76°21′24″N. | 122°58′00″W. | 7952 (1972)37 | Unnamed Island | 76°27′05″N. | 122°09′00″W. | 7952 (1972)38 | Tullett Point | 76°44′36″N. | 121°12′00″W. | 7952 (1972)39 | Unnamed Island | 77°16′00″N. | 119°23′00″W. | 7952 (1972)40 | Cape Andreason | 77°19′30″N. | 119°10′00″W. | 7952 (1972)41 | Unnamed Island | 77°22′30″N. | 118°47′00″W. | 7952 (1972)42 | Unnamed Island | 77°24′30″N. | 118°12′00″W. | 7952 (1972)43 | Satellite Bay | 77°31′15″N. | 117°16′00″W. | 7952 (1972)44 | Cape Leopold M’Clintock | 77°32′36″N. | 116°54′00″W. | 7952 (1972)45 | Ballantyne Strait | 77°35′50″N. | 116°34′00″W. | 7952 (1972)46 | Polynia Islands | 77°38′55″N. | 116°08′00″W. | 7952 (1972)47 | Polynia Islands | 77°45′55″N. | 115°54′00″W. | 7952 (1972)48 | Polynia Islands | 77°48′50″N. | 115°47′00″W. | 7952 (1972)49 | Brock Island | 77°54′00″N. | 115°26′00″W. | 7952 (1972)50 | Brock Island | 78°05′20″N. | 115°02′30″W. | 7952 (1972)51 | Wilkins Strait | 78°20′25″N. | 114°12′00″W. | 7952 (1972)52 | Borden Island | 78°27′50″N. | 113°07′00″W. | 7953 (1972)53 | Borden Island | 78°34′40″N. | 112°30′00″W. | 7953 (1972)54 | Borden Island | 78°37′18″N. | 112°12′50″W. | 7953 (1972)55 | Borden Island | 78°48′00″N. | 110°46′00″W. | 7953 (1972)56 | Isachsen Peninsula | 79°22′45″N. | 105°32′00″W. | 7953 (1972)57 | Meighen Island | 80°08′53″N. | 99°46′00″W. | 7953 (1972)58 | Perley Island | 80°11′12″N. | 99°18′00″W. | 7953 (1972)59 | Cape Northwest | 80°21′36″N. | 96°34′00″W. | 7953 (1972)60 | Rum Islands | 80°32′10″N. | 96°15′00″W. | 7953 (1972)61 | Bjarnason Island | 80°40′15″N. | 96°07′00″W. | 7953 (1972)62 | Axel Heiberg Island | 81°00′15″N. | 95°14′00″W. | 7953 (1972)63 | Cape Thomas Hubbard | 81°20′12″N. | 94°18′00″W. | 7953 (1972)64 | Kleybolte Peninsula | 81°43′50″N. | 91°42′00″W. | 7954 (1974)65 | Cape Bourne | 81°56′40″N. | 90°35′00″W. | 7954 (1974)66 | Cape Armstrong | 82°06′06″N. | 88°03′00″W. | 7954 (1974)67 | Cape Woods | 82°13′06″N. | 86°50′00″W. | 7954 (1974)68 | Alert Point | 82°27′30″N. | 85°47′00″W. | 7954 (1974)69 | Cape Bicknor | 82°48′54″N. | 81°31′00″W. | 7954 (1974)70. * | Cape Fanshawe Martin | 82°56′50″N. | 79°53′00″W. | 7954 (1974)71. * | Cape Richards | 82°58′20″N. | 79°22′00″W. | 7954 (1974)72 | Cape Discovery | 83°05′20″N. | 76°53′00″W. | 7954 (1974)73 | Ward Hunt Island | 83°08′10″N. | 74°07′30″W. | 7304 (1978)74 | Cape Nares | 83°05′55″N. | 71°33′00″W. | 7304 (1978)75 | Cape Aldrich | 83°06′40″N. | 69°42′00″W. | 7304 (1978)76 | Stuckberry Point | 82°57′00″N. | 66°44′00″W. | 7304 (1978)77 | Cape Hecla | 82°54′30″N. | 64°52′00″W. | 7304 (1978)78 | Cape Joseph Henry | 82°49′40″N. | 63°33′00″W. | 7304 (1978)79. * | Cape Sheridan | 82°28′30″N. | 61°32′00″W. | 7304 (1978)80. * | Wrangel Bay | 82°00′15″N. | 62°19′00″W. | 7304 (1978)81. * | Wrangel Bay | 81°58′30″N. | 62°30′00″W. | 7304 (1978)82. * | St. Patrick Bay | 81°47′35″N. | 63°54′00″W. | 7304 (1978)83. * | Cape Baird | 81°29′40″N. | 64°28′30″W. | 7072 (1971)84. * | Cape Back | 80°55′30″N. | 67°21′00″W. | 7072 (1971)85. * | Cape Von Buch | 80°53′05″N. | 67°34′00″W. | 7072 (1971)86. * | Cape Lawrence | 80°20′54″N. | 69°36′00″W. | 7072 (1971)87. * | Cape Knorr | 79°50′00″N. | 71°14′00″W. | 7071 (1964)88. * | Cape Louis Napoleon | 79°37′20″N. | 72°40′00″W. | 7071 (1964)89 | Cape Hawks | 79°30′27″N. | 73°32′00″W. | 7071 (1964)90 | Victoria Head | 79°13′50″N. | 74°27′00″W. | 7071 (1964)91. * | Cape Henry | 79°09′06″N. | 74°35′00″W. | 7071 (1964)92. * | Cape Albert | 79°02′56″N. | 74°24′00″W. | 7071 (1964)93 | Cape Sabine | 78°43′55″N. | 74°06′00″W. | 7071 (1964)94 | Brevoort Island | 78°40′40″N. | 74°07′00″W. | 7071 (1964)95 | Cape Herschel | 78°35′06″N. | 74°35′00″W. | 7071 (1964)96 | Cape Isabella | 78°19′40″N. | 75°02′00″W. | 7071 (1964)97. * | Paget Point | 78°06′24″N. | 75°33′30″W. | 7302 (1978)98. * | Cape Dunsterville | 77°57′20″N. | 75°53′00″W. | 7302 (1978)99 | Orne Island | 77°52′24″N. | 76°19′00″W. | 7302 (1978)100. * | Cape Mouat | 77°35′45″N. | 77°42′00″W. | 7302 (1978)101. * | Eskimo Bluff | 77°26′24″N. | 78°14′30″W. | 7302 (1978)102. * | Cape Combermere | 76°58′20″N. | 77°58′30″W. | 7302 (1978)103. * | Cape Norton Shaw | 76°27′24″N. | 78°23′30″W. | 7302 (1978)104 | Phillips Point | 76°03′00″N. | 78°49′50″W. | 7302 (1978)105 | Princess Charlotte Monument | 75°50′30″N. | 78°49′50″W. | 7302 (1978)106. * | Johnson Point | 75°22′45″N. | 79°29′30″W. | 7302 (1978)107. * | Cape Parker | 75°13′25″N. | 79°30′50″W. | 7302 (1978)108 | Cape Cockburn | 74°53′00″N. | 79°19′00″W. | 7220 (1979)109 | De Ros Islands | 74°48′00″N. | 79°32′20″W. | 7220 (1979)110 | Cape Sherard | 74°36′00″N. | 80°13′00″W. | 7220 (1979)111. * | Cape Hay | 73°44′12″N. | 80°01′40″W. | 7220 (1979)112. * | Cape Graham Moore | 72°52′12″N. | 76°03′30″W. | 7220 (1979)113. * | Cape Bowen | 72°33′30″N. | 75°33′00″W. | 7220 (1979)114. * | Cape Coutts | 72°15′26″N. | 74°55′06″W. | 7217 (1983)115 | Cape Antrobus | 72°14′00″N. | 74°41′20″W. | 7217 (1983)116 | Cape Jameson | 72°04′45″N. | 74°14′20″W. | 7217 (1983)117 | Cape Cargenholm | 71°46′30″N. | 73°35′50″W. | 7217 (1983)118 | Cape Lord Rutherford | 71°41′42″N. | 73°10′30″W. | 7217 (1983)119. * | Cape Hunter | 71°39′30″N. | 72°32′50″W. | 7217 (1983)120. * | Scott Inlet | 71°15′00″N. | 71°08′50″W. | 7217 (1983)121 | Cape Come Again | 71°07′10″N. | 70°46′45″W. | 7217 (1983)122 | Erik Point | 70°51′50″N. | 69°46′25″W. | 7217 (1983)123. * | Cape Eglinton | 70°47′12″N. | 69°14′30″W. | 7217 (1983)124. * | Cape Christian | 70°33′40″N. | 68°18′40″W. | 7053 (1970)125 | Agnes Monument | 70°31′12″N. | 68°11′30″W. | 7053 (1970)126. * | Cape Hewett | 70°16′00″N. | 67°44′30″W. | 7053 (1970)127. * | Cape Raper | 69°44′30″N. | 66°56′30″W. | 7053 (1970)128. * | Henry Kater Peninsula | 69°16′00″N. | 66°29′00″W. | 7053 (1970)129. * | Cape Henry Kater | 69°12′20″N. | 66°28′20″W. | 7053 (1970)130 | Satigsun Island | 68°31′40″N. | 66°33′20″W. | 7053 (1970)131 | Manitung Island | 68°08′40″N. | 65°29′30″W. | 7053 (1970)132. * | Kangeeak Point | 68°02′20″N. | 64°57′30″W. | 7053 (1970)133. * | Kangeeak Point | 67°58′40″N. | 64°44′00″W. | 7053 (1970)134 | Cape Broughton | 67°39′12″N. | 63°56′00″W. | 7053 (1970)135 | Merchants Bay | 67°20′24″N. | 63°05′30″W. | 7053 (1970)136 | Cape Searle | 67°13′40″N. | 62°27′30″W. | 7053 (1970)137 | Durban Island | 67°07′20″N. | 62°05′30″W. | 7052 (1966)138 | Unnamed Island | 66°56′05″N. | 61°42′00″W. | 7052 (1966)139. * | Cape Dyer | 66°46′00″N. | 61°26′00″W. | 7052 (1966)140. * | Cape Dyer | 66°36′12″N. | 61°15′30″W. | 7052 (1966)141 | Exeter Sound | 66°20′36″N. | 61°28′00″W. | 7052 (1966)142 | Cape Walsingham | 66°00′05″N. | 61°57′00″W. | 7052 (1966)143 | Angijak Island | 65°40′06″N. | 62°06′30″W. | 7052 (1966)144 | Angijak Island | 65°37′30″N. | 62°08′30″W. | 7052 (1966)145 | Muingmak Island | 65°16′30″N. | 62°56′00″W. | 7052 (1966)146 | Saxe-Coburg Island | 64°52′06″N. | 63°15′30″W. | 7052 (1966)147 | Leybourne Islands | 64°18′40″N. | 64°29′30″W. | 7051 (1973)148 | Lemieux Islands | 64°02′20″N. | 64°14′30″W. | 7051 (1973)149 | Lemieux Islands | 63°54′50″N. | 64°08′00″W. | 7051 (1973)150 | Lemieux Islands | 63°37′50″N. | 63°55′00″W. | 7051 (1973)151 | Lemieux Islands | 63°25′15″N. | 63°53′00″W. | 7050 (1961)152 | Lady Franklin Island | 62°56′24″N. | 63°41′00″W. | 7050 (1961)153 | Lady Franklin Island | 62°55′10″N. | 63°41′30″W. | 7050 (1961)154 | Monumental Island | 62°46′00″N. | 63°45′00″W. | 7050 (1961)155 | North Foreland | 62°31′12″N. | 64°05′00″W. | 7050 (1961)156 | Loks Land | 62°16′24″N. | 64°26′40″W. | 7050 (1961)157 | Edgell Island | 61°48′10″N. | 64°44′00″W. | 7050 (1961)158 | Resolution Island | 61°37′50″N. | 64°36′30″W. | 7050 (1961)159 | Resolution Island | 61°31′20″N. | 64°33′15″W. | 7050 (1961)160 | Hatton Headland | 61°19′00″N. | 64°46′30″W. | 7050 (1961)161 | Lacy Island | 60°41′06″N. | 64°35′00″W. | 4773 (1963)162 | Knight Group | 60°34′30″N. | 64°31′30″W. | 4773 (1963)163 | Cabot Island | 60°26′20″N. | 64°25′47″W. | 4773 (1963)

Schedule II · (Subsection 4(2))

| Column I | Column II | Column III | Column IVItem | Locality | Latitude | Longitude | C.H.S. Chart and Edition1 | Demarcation Point | 69°38′46″N. | 141°00′00″W. | 7601 (1979)Nunaluk Spit | 69°36′54″N. | 139°54′10″W. | 7601 (1979)2 | Herschel Island | 69°38′30″N. | 139°07′24″W. | 7601 (1979)Collinson Head | 69°34′40″N. | 138°50′25″W. | 7601 (1979)3 | Pelly Island | 69°35′18″N. | 135°35′30″W. | 7602 (1981)Pelly Island | 69°38′22″N. | 135°29′00″W. | 7602 (1981)4 | Pullen Island | 69°47′08″N. | 134°23′18″W. | 7604 (1984)Pullen Island | 69°46′45″N. | 134°16′18″W. | 7604 (1984)5 | Tuft Point | 69°44′15″N. | 132°32′15″W. | 7604 (1984)Warren Point | 69°45′50″N. | 132°17′24″W. | 7604 (1984)6 | Cape Kellet | 71°59′10″N. | 126°01′00″W. | 7081 (1971)Meek Point | 72°52′20″N. | 125°07′00″W. | 7832 (1971)7 | Liot Point | 73°06′03″N. | 124°52′20″W. | 7832 (1971)Unnamed Point | 73°29′00″N. | 124°18′40″W. | 7832 (1971)8 | Norway Island | 73°41′50″N. | 124°41′00″W. | 7832 (1971)Norway Island | 73°42′50″N. | 124°43′00″W. | 7832 (1971)9 | Cape Fanshawe Martin | 82°56′50″N. | 79°53′00″W. | 7954 (1974)Cape Richards | 82°58′20″N. | 79°22′00″W. | 7954 (1974)10 | Cape Sheridan | 82°28′30″N. | 61°32′00″W. | 7304 (1978)Wrangel Bay | 82°00′15″N. | 62°19′00″W. | 7304 (1978)11 | Wrangel Bay | 81°58′30″N. | 62°30′00″W. | 7304 (1978)St. Patrick Bay | 81°47′35″N. | 63°54′00″W. | 7304 (1978)12 | Cape Baird | 81°29′40″N. | 64°28′30″W. | 7072 (1971)Cape Back | 80°55′30″N. | 67°21′00″W. | 7072 (1971)13 | Cape Von Buch | 80°53′05″N. | 67°34′00″W. | 7072 (1971)Cape Lawrence | 80°20′54″N. | 69°36′00″W. | 7072 (1971)14 | Cape Knorr | 79°50′00″N. | 71°14′00″W. | 7071 (1964)Cape Louis Napoleon | 79°37′20″N. | 72°40′00″W. | 7071 (1964)15 | Cape Henry | 79°09′06″N. | 74°35′00″W. | 7071 (1964)Cape Albert | 79°02′56″N. | 74°24′00″W. | 7071 (1964)16 | Paget Point | 78°06′24″N. | 75°33′30″W. | 7302 (1978)Cape Dunsterville | 77°57′20″N. | 75°53′00″W. | 7302 (1978)17 | Cape Mouat | 77°35′45″N. | 77°42′00″W. | 7302 (1978)Eskimo Bluff | 77°26′24″N. | 78°14′30″W. | 7302 (1978)18 | Cape Combermere | 76°58′20″N. | 77°58′30″W. | 7302 (1978)Cape Norton Shaw | 76°27′24″N. | 78°23′30″W. | 7302 (1978)19 | Johnson Point | 75°22′45″N. | 79°29′30″W. | 7302 (1978)Cape Parker | 75°13′25″N. | 79°30′50″W. | 7302 (1978)20 | Cape Hay | 73°44′12″N. | 80°01′40″W. | 7220 (1979)Cape Graham Moore | 72°52′12″N. | 76°03′30″W. | 7220 (1979)21 | Cape Bowen | 72°33′30″N. | 75°33′00″W. | 7220 (1979)Cape Coutts | 72°15′26″N. | 74°55′06″W. | 7217 (1983)22 | Cape Hunter | 71°39′30″N. | 72°32′50″W. | 7217 (1983)Scott Inlet | 71°15′00″N. | 71°08′50″W. | 7217 (1983)23 | Cape Eglinton | 70°47′12″N. | 69°14′30″W. | 7217 (1983)Cape Christian | 70°33′40″N. | 68°18′40″W. | 7053 (1970)24 | Cape Hewett | 70°16′00″N. | 67°44′30″W. | 7053 (1970)Cape Raper | 69°44′30″N. | 66°56′30″W. | 7053 (1970)25 | Henry Kater Peninsula | 69°16′00″N. | 66°29′00″W. | 7053 (1970)Cape Henry Kater | 69°12′20″N. | 66°28′20″W. | 7053 (1970)26 | Kangeeak Point | 68°02′20″N. | 64°57′30″W. | 7053 (1970)Kangeeak Point | 67°58′40″N. | 64°44′00″W. | 7053 (1970)27 | Cape Dyer | 66°46′00″N. | 61°26′00″W. | 7052 (1966)Cape Dyer | 66°36′12″N. | 61°15′30″W. | 7052 (1966)

Schedule III · (Subsection 4(3))

| Column I | Column II | Column III | Column IVItem | Locality | Latitude | Longitude | C.H.S. Chart and Edition1 | Crescent Bank | 70°13′05″N. | 130°31′05″W. | 7605 (1984)2 | Rabbit Island | 72°36′50″N. | 125°09′30″W. | 7832 (1971)3 | Haswell Point | 72°40′24″N. | 125°06′50″W. | 7832 (1971)4 | Terror Island | 72°50′30″N. | 125°13′00″W. | 7832 (1971)5 | Unnamed Island | 66°37′20″N. | 61°16′00″W. | 7052 (1966)

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