It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed islands of the Siskiwit or Menagerie group of islands, lying near the mouth of Siskiwit bay, on the south side of Isle Royal in Lake Superior, Michigan, as shown by the General Land Office map of the State of Michigan of date 1904, and situated in sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34 and 35, township 64 north, range 36 west, as the same appear in part upon the official plat of survey of said township, approved June 4, 1847, be and they are hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. This reservation to be known as the Siskiwit Islands Reservation.


Signature of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
The White House,
October 10, 1905.

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