Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 8506—Excluding Certain Tracts of Land From the Chugach and Tongass National Forests and Restoring Them to Entry

August 08, 1940

ALASKA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the following-described tracts of land in Alaska, occupied as homesites and identified by elimination surveys, plats and field notes of which are on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Chugach or Tongass National Forest, as hereinafter indicated, and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws:

CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST

Homesite No. 7, on Big Point on south shore of Orca Inlet, 4.86 acres; approximate latitude 60°29'15" N., longitude 145°55'30" W.;

Homesite No. 21, on east shore Orca Inlet, 4.64 acres; approximate latitude 60°28'30" N., longitude 145°55'30" W.;

Homesite No. 33, near Mile 27 on the west side of The Alaska Railroad, 4.40 acres; approximate latitude 60°27'10" N., longitude 149°22'8 " W.;

Homesite No. 34, lot 'C', Moose Pass Group, on Moose Pass Highway, 4.92 acres; approximate latitude 60°29'20" N., longitude 149°21' W.;

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST

Homesite No. 11, at mouth of Harding River, 5 acres; approximate latitude 56°12'45" N., longitude 131°38'25" W.;

Homesite No. 72, lot 'D', Auke Bay Group, 2.85 acres, U.S. Survey 2389;

Homesite No. 107, tract 'K', Mile Seven Group, 4.44 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2475 (not accepted);

Homesite No. 175, on Kupreanof Island, on west shore of Petersburg Creek, 5 acres in lot 6, sec. 29, T. 58 S., R. 79 E., C. R. M.;

Homesite No. 203, lot 'K', Scow Bay Group, Mitkof Island, 4.99 acres; approximate latitude 56°45'31" N., longitude 132°54'15" W.;

Homesite No. 225, tract 'J', Wrangell Group, Wrangell Island, 3.60 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2321;

Homesite No. 249, lot 'B', 7 1/2 Mile Group, 3.86 acres; approximate latitude 58°21'27" N., longitude 134°33'18" W.;

Homesite No. 327, tract 'N', Wrangell Group, 3.61 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2321;

Homesite No. 333, on south shore of Boathouse Cove, Revillagigedo Island, 4.80 acres; approximate latitude 55°16'50" N., longitude 131°27 '50" W.;

Homesite No. 375, lot 'A', Triangle Group, 4.86 acres; U.S. Survey 2391;

Homesite No. 396, Boathouse Cove Group, Revillagigedo Island, 2.68 acres; approximate latitude 55°16'50" N., longitude 131°27'50" W.;

Homesite No. 402, lot 'C', Tee Harbor Group, 4.74 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2388;

Homesite No. 409, tract 'H', Triangle Group, 2.66 acres, approximate latitude 58°22'50" N., longitude 134°38'10" W.;

Homesite No. 425, tract 'G', Triangle Group, 4.64 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2391;

Homesite No. 427, tract 31, Mt. Point Group, Revillagigedo Island, 1.63 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2402;

Homesite No. 445, lot 'E', Pederson Hill Group, 4.51 acres; approximate latitude 58°22'38" N., longitude 134°36'34" W.;

Homesite No. 471, lot 'D', East Craig Group, Prince of Wales Island, 4.99 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2327;

Homesite No. 478, tract 'B', East Craig Group, 4.41 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2327;

Homesite No. 480, Clover Pass Group, 3.47 acres; approximate latitude 55°28'45" N., longitude 131°48'30" W.;

Homesite No. 483, lot 'C', Triangle Group, 3.07 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2391;

Homesite No. 504, lot 'F', Tee Harbor Group, 1.40 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2388;

Homesite No. 520, tract 'C', North Douglas Group, Douglas Island, 5 acres; approximate latitude 58°20'12" N., longitude 134°35'8" W.;

Homesite No. 532, tract 'W', Triangle Group, 3.20 acres; approximate latitude 58°23' N., longitude 134°38' W.;

Homesite No. 533, lot 'H', tract 'B', Fritz Cove Group, 3.31 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2390;

Homesite No. 539, on Fisherman's Harbor, Kosciusko Island, 0.86 acres; approximate latitude 55°57'45" N., longitude 133°47'46" W.;

Homesite No. 543, on shore of Clover Pass, Revillagigedo Island, 4.74 acres;

approximate latitude 55°28'45" N., longitude 131°48'30" W.;

Homesite No. 551, lot 'V', Triangle Group, 3.14 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2391;

Homesite No. 552, tract 'E', Fritz Cove Group, 2.61 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2390;

Homesite No. 565, lot 'D', Clover Pass Group, 3.28 acres; approximate latitude 55°29' N., longitude 131°47' W.;

Homesite No. 569, lot 'O', Clover Pass Group, 4.70 acres; approximate latitude 55°28'30" N., longitude 131°47'30" W.;

Homesite No. 580, tract 'Q', Triangle Group, 3.67 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2391;

Homesite No. 585, tract 'B', Pederson Hill Group, 4.64 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2386;

Homesite No. 592, tract 'J', East Craig Group, 0.61 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2327;

Homesite No. 599, lot 'DD', Triangle Group, 4.70 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2391;

Homesite No. 611, Pearl Harbor Group, 1.59 acres; approximate latitude 58°28'30" N., longitude 134°47' W.;

Homesite No. 614, lot 614, 3.91 acres, U.S. Survey No. 2471 (not accepted), Mitkof Island;

Homesite No. 620, on west shore of Petersburg Creek, in lot 3, sec. 29, T. 58 S., R. 79 E., C. R. M., 4.26 acres;

Homesite No. 649, lot 18, Fritz Cove Group, on east shore of Auke Bay, 0.27 acres;

Homesite No. 687, lot 29, Mt. Point--Herring Bay Group, Revillagigedo Island, 1.17 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2402;

Homesite No. 711, lot 61, Mt. Point--Herring Bay Group, 0.64 acres; U.S. Survey No. 2402;

Homesite No. 714, Fritz Cove Group, 0.94 acres, approximate latitude 58°22'24" N., longitude 134°38'35" W.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 8, 1940.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8506—Excluding Certain Tracts of Land From the Chugach and Tongass National Forests and Restoring Them to Entry Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/210370

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