08/24/1976
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"The area reserved consists of approximately 560,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected."
"Admiralty Island is rich in historic structures and sites, including whaling stations, canneries, old mining structures and old village sites."
"Admiralty Island is outstanding for its superlative combination of scientific and historic objects."
"I do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Kenai Fjords National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States."