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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: Minnesota Imperialists?
Message-ID: <10771@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 10:05:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 10:05:56 1985
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For a change of topic, can anyone explain what Minnesota is doing with
that little piece of "Canada".  I mean, right there at top of Minnesota
at the juncture of Manitoba and Ontario provinces, on the (presumable
scenic) Lake of the Woods is a piece of the USofA about the size of
St. Petersburg, FL that is not connected to any part of the States.  I
guess we also have part of the Lake of the Woods, but what are we doing
with this little colony above the 49th parallel?  Did some of these
shy Norwegan farmers revert to atavistic adventurism and sally forth
in their Viking Longboats to conquer a chunk of our Northern Neighbor?
Were there already shy Norwegan farmers in the possesion of a critical
mass of lutkefisk (sp?) there when the Canada and the US divvied up the
continent?  
( 	- You take 'em.
	- No, no!  You!
	- They came there from your side.
	- They look like your daddy!
	- Hey, we'll throw in Isle Royale and the upper Michigan peninsula
		if you'll take them.
	- Well, OK.  Just this once.  But you owe me!
)
But seriously now ... does anyone know the history of this little quirk?
Ne (I'd rather be eating sweet corn, or something like it) mo
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