#northwest angle

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Northwest Angle was cut off from the rest of Minnesota by Canadian territory and a lake while the border was closed. Locals desperate for tourism pooled together $9,000 to build a new 22-mile road across the lake. – WTF Fun Facts

The Northwest Angle Border Crossing is probably my favorite border crossings in the United States.

I find it curious that the sign I added here (for legibnility) is not the same sign as the 2016 google street view.

I would be remiss if I did not mention the Canadian signage to presumed US visitors...

WELCOME in bilinguilness! “Please let us know if our lights start flashing.”

I delight in the lack of context as to WHY the lights would be flashing!

By Linda Tancs

Thanks to a geographic impossibility aided by imperfect cartography in the 1700s, the tiny Minnesota hamlet of Northwest Anglebecame an American town surrounded by Canada. Known by locals as the Angle, it’s separated from the rest of Minnesota by Lake of the Woods, which would boast the longest coastline of any Canadian lake were it located entirely in Canada. A fishing mecca, some…