A faulty 18th century map led to the unusual bump along the northern border of the U.S., ... Minnesota's Northwest Angle, where one resident said, "Most people up here are adventurous, ...

Map of the Northwest Angle Minnesota’s Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is farther north than any other part of the contiguous United States. Logically, it would seem that this area of about ...

This 1755 map was used in 1783 to set the U.S.-Canada border at the end of the Revolutionary War, contributing to the formation of what became the Northwest Angle around Lake of the Woods.

Northwest Angle Exploring. Clip: Season 16 Episode 4 | 17m 47s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Host Bret Amundson takes viewers on a tour of the historic Northwest Angle. Aired 03/09/2025 ...

On a map, the Northwest Angle doesn't make sense — but that's because it owes its existence as part of the U.S. to surveying errors and awkward attempts to form a border in the early days of ...

Minnesota’s Northwest Angle, ... Angle was confirmed by a joint American-British surveying commission which created the first accurate and detailed map of Lake of the Woods around the year 1824.

The Northwest Angle is the northernmost point of the continental United States, and one of the last American frontiers. It all started when my father mentioned the Walleye War. Despite growing up ...

RELATED: Minnesota's Northwest Angle, an American geographic oddity. In 1998, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson proposed legislation that would give residents of the Angle the power to decide whether ...

Brad Dokken: All systems go for winter road on lake and land to Minnesota's Northwest Angle, partners say The road will cross about 22 miles of ice from Springsteel Resort near Warroad, Minn ...

Dec. 7—ANGLE INLET, Minn. — The Master Plan for a new park on Minnesota's Northwest Angle has been finalized, and the project now moves from concept to implementation, organizers say. The ...

Statewide, the DNR is offering 3,604 licenses in 14 permit areas this year, a slight increase from 3,575 licenses in 2021, when the Northwest Angle wasn’t a separate bear permit area.