U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 40, Part 1, Chap. 45, pp. 1178-79. "An Act To establish the Lafayette National Park in the State of Maine." S. 4957, Public Act No. 278

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U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. 40, Part 1, Chap. 45, pp. 1178-79. "An Act To establish the Lafayette National Park in the State of Maine." S. 4957, Public Act No. 278

U.S. Congress. 65th. 3rd Session.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : District of Columbia : Washington Government Printing Office 1919 02 26

SUMMARY
Establishes Lafayette National Park, superseding Sieur de Monts National Monument, on Mount Desert Island in Maine.

NOTES
This Act creates the first national park east of the Mississippi. Its name was changed to Acadia National Park when it was expanded in 1929 (45 Stat. 1083).

Sieur de Monts National Monument had been created by a Presidential proclamation of July 8, 1916 (39 Stat. 1785).

Published 1919.

SUBJECTS
Law--United States
National parks and reserves
Landscape protection
Recreation
National monuments

MEDIUM
0002

CALL NUMBER
KF 50 .U5

PART OF
United States Statutes at Large

DIGITAL ID
amrvl vl030

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