---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.19"
title: "36"
number: "261.19"
heading: "Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.19"
---

# §261.19. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.


The following are prohibited in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness:

- (a) Possessing or transporting any motor or other mechanical device capable of propelling a watercraft through water by any means, except by permit or as specifically authorized by Federal law or regulation.
- (b) Transporting, using, or mooring amphibious craft of any type or any watercraft designed for or used as floating living quarters.
- (c) Using wheels, rollers, or other mechanical devices for the overland transportation of any watercraft, except by special-use authorization, or as authorized by Federal law or regulation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 25450, June 21, 1984; 50 FR 16231, Apr. 25, 1985. Redesignated at 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977; 42 FR 24739, May 16, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 25450, June 21, 1984; 50 FR 16231, Apr. 25, 1985. Redesignated at 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]