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C-546
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,
62 Elizabeth II, 2013
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-546
An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Moonlight Lake and other lakes and rivers)

first reading, October 31, 2013

Ms. Quach
Mr. Chicoine

411778

SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Navigable Waters Protection Act in order to add Moonlight Lake and other lakes and rivers to the navigable waters listed in the schedule to that Act, as it will read immediately after the coming into force of section 331 of the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012.

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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62 Elizabeth II, 2013
house of commons of canada
BILL C-546
An Act to amend the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Moonlight Lake and other lakes and rivers)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. N-22
NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT
1. Part 1 of the schedule to the Navigable Waters Protection Act, as it reads immediately after the coming into force of section 331 of the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012, is amended by adding after item 93 in the columns shown the following:
Item “93.1”
Column 1: “Moonlight Lake”
Column 2: “45°01′45″ N, 74°08′51″ W”
Column 3: “The lake’s water boundary includes the mouths of all connecting waterways”
2. Part 1 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 94 in the columns shown the following:
Item “94.1”
Column 1: “Enchanté Lake”
Column 2: “45°00′52″ N, 73°45′56″ W”
Column 3: “The lake’s water boundary includes the mouths of all connecting waterways”
3. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 51 in the columns shown the following:
Item “51.1”
Column 1: “Rivière aux Saumons”
Column 2: “45°02′09″ N, 74°31′24″ W”
Column 3: “44°59′53″ N, 74°30′31″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Rivière aux Outardes”
4. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 52 in the columns shown the following:
Item “52.1”
Column 1: “Beaver Creek”
Column 2: “45°02′40″ N, 74°16′11″ W”
Column 3: “44°59′41″ N, 74°24′00″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Trout River”
Item “52.2”
Column 1: “Trout River”
Column 2: “45°04′24″ N, 74°11′06″ W”
Column 3: “44°59′32″ N, 74°18′24″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Châteauguay River”
5. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 53 in the columns shown the following:
Item “53.1”
Column 1: “Rivière aux Outardes East”
Column 2: “45°06′01″ N, 74°03′53″ W”
Column 3: “45°00′53″ N, 73°53′22″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Rivière aux Outardes”
Item “53.2”
Column 1: “Noir Creek”
Column 2: “45°03′32″ N, 74°01′38″ W”
Column 3: “45°04′22″ N, 74°02′04″ W”
Column 4: “From the Rivière aux Outardes East to Mitchel Creek”
Item “53.3”
Column 1: “Rivière aux Outardes”
Column 2: “45°07′21″ N, 74°00′10″ W”
Column 3: “45°02′54″ N, 74°10′19″ W”
Column 4: “From approximately four kilometres south of Huntingdon to the confluence with the Châteauguay River”
Item “53.4”
Column 1: “Saint-Louis River”
Column 2: “45°18′55″ N, 73°52′48″ W”
Column 3: “45°07′20″ N, 74°18′32″ W”
Column 4: “From the La Guerre River to the St. Lawrence River”
Item “53.5”
Column 1: “Rivière des Anglais”
Column 2: “45°12′48″ N, 73°49′49″ W”
Column 3: “45°00′11″ N, 73°42′52″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Châteauguay River”
Item “53.6”
Column 1: “Rivière des Fèves”
Column 2: “45°13′52″ N, 73°48′52″ W”
Column 3: “45°09′34″ N, 73°45′21″ W”
Column 4: “From Norton Creek to the Châteauguay River”
Item “53.7”
Column 1: “Rivière de l’Esturgeon”
Column 2: “45°15′55″ N, 73°47′59″ W”
Column 3: “45°15′52″ N, 73°38′22″ W”
Column 4: “From Saint-Rémi to the Châteauguay River”
Item “53.8”
Column 1: “Norton Creek”
Column 2: “45°08′55″ N, 73°47′42″ W”
Column 3: “45°02′39″ N, 73°37′52″ W”
Column 4: “From approximately three and a half kilometres west of Hemmingford to the confluence with the Rivière des Anglais”
Item “53.9”
Column 1: “Châteauguay River”
Column 2: “45°24′04″ N, 73°45′10″ W”
Column 3: “44°59′29″ N, 74°08′59″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the St. Lawrence River”
6. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 54 in the columns shown the following:
Item “54.1”
Column 1: “Saint-Pierre River”
Column 2: “45°23′26″ N, 73°33′30″ W”
Column 3: “45°17′56″ N, 73°35′45″ W”
Column 4: “From the Sainte-Marie Stream to the Saint-Régis River”
Item “54.2”
Column 1: “Lasaline Creek”
Column 2: “45°21′19″ N, 73°32′35″ W”
Column 3: “45°14′15″ N, 73°33′47″ W”
Column 4: “From the Sainte-Marie Stream to the Saint-Régis River”
Item “54.3”
Column 1: “Rivière de la Tortue”
Column 2: “45°24′06″ N, 73°32′10″ W”
Column 3: “45°08′26″ N, 73°33′58″ W”
Column 4: “From The Crutch to the St. Lawrence River”
7. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 55 in the columns shown the following:
Item “55.1”
Column 1: “Faille Creek”
Column 2: “45°18′50″ N, 73°31′10″ W”
Column 3: “45°15′43″ N, 73°32′48″ W”
Column 4: “From approximately three kilometres north of Saint-Michel to the confluence with the Rivière de la Tortue”
Item “55.2”
Column 1: “Saint-André Creek”
Column 2: “45°21′56″ N, 73°29′14″ W”
Column 3: “45°12′22″ N, 73°27′58″ W”
Column 4: “From approximately two kilometres northwest of Coin-Douglass to the confluence with the Saint-Jacques River”
8. Part 2 of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding after item 56 in the columns shown the following:
Item “56.1”
Column 1: “Lacolle River”
Column 2: “45°04′00″ N, 73°19′52″ W”
Column 3: “45°01′39″ N, 73°31′23″ W”
Column 4: “From Roxham to the confluence with the Richelieu River”
Item “56.2”
Column 1: “L’Acadie River”
Column 2: “45°29′01″ N, 73°16′07″ W”
Column 3: “45°00′20″ N, 73°33′27″ W”
Column 4: “From the Canada–U.S. border to the Chambly Basin”
COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force
9. This Act comes into force on the later of the day section 331 of the Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 comes into force and the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons