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From: cb@hlwpc.UUCP (Carl Blesch)
Newsgroups: net.wobegon
Subject: Re: Minnesota Imperialists?
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 09:59:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 09:59:58 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.
>
> ... does anyone know the history of this little quirk?

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR GEOGRAPHICAL ODDITY ***

I believe that chunk of land is called the "Northwest Angle,"
if I remember right from an old National Geographic.  And I believe
it's solid forest land.  But I know nothing beyond that.
I'd be interested, also, as a fan of geographical oddities.
My favorite oddities - -
	Port Roberts (Vancouver readers -- do I have the name right?) -
	a penninsula of land south of Vancouver B.C. that sticks a
	bit below the 49th parallel, therefore belongs to the USA
	and state of Washington.

	Upper Michigan -- totally connected to Wisconsin and not at
	all touching lower Michigan -- Eastern mapmakers really get
	thrown by this.  F'r instance, look at the Channel 5 (NY City)
	weather map -- no state line is drawn between Wisconsin and
	upper Michigan.
	
	Delmarva Penninsula -- the bottom tip of this penninsula is
	Virginia -- no land connection to "mainland" Virginia.
	
What, this isn't net.geography?  Oops, sorry.  I got carried away.

Carl Blesch