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 The Northwest Angle, a 150 square mile (390 square
km) tract separated from the rest of Minnesota by the Lake of the
Woods, is the northernmost point in the United States exclusive of
Alaska. The peninsula is connected to Manitoba and can be reached
overland only by going through Canada. It was acquired in the 1783
Treaty of Paris, the result of an earlier surveying error made while
attempting to locate the headwaters of the Mississippi and other rivers.
Most of the land is uninhabited and held in trust by the Red Lake
Indian Reservation. |
