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COPALIS ROCK RESERVATION 



For Protection of Native Birds 



WASHINGTON — Embracing all small islands off the Washington coast segregated 

 by broken line and designated "Copalis Rock Reservation" 



Department of the Interior, General Land Office. Richard A. Ballinger, Commissioner 



Diagram attached to and made a part of the Executive Order dated October 27, 1907 



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It is hereby ordered that all small, unsurveyed islands lying ofif the coast 

 of the State of Washington in the Pacific Ocean, between latitudes 47° 8' North, 

 and 47° 29' North, among which are those named and commonly known as 

 Arch Island, Sea Lion Rock, Willoughby Rock, Split Rocks, Sonora Reef, 

 Greenville Arch and Copalis Rock, as the same are shown upon coast survey 

 chart No. 6400 or upon the General Land Office map of the State of Wash- 

 ington, dated 1887, and located within the area segregated by a broken line 

 and shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, 

 are hereby reserved and set aside for the use of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds and animals. This 

 reservation to be known as Copalis Rock Reservation. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



The White House, 



October 23, 1907 



