Executive Order 1039

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that Chisick Island and Egg Island, situated approximately in latitude sixty degrees, fifteen minutes north, longitude one hundred and fifty-two degrees, thirty minutes west from Greenwich, at the entrance to Tuxedni Harbor, Cook Inlet, Alaska, as segregated by the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, be and the same are hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law. This bird refuge to be known as Tuxedni Reservation.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House

February 27, 1909.