#northwest angle

[wtf-fun-factss]

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

Source: Minnesota Town Built Ice Bridge to Get Around Covid U.S.-Canada Border Closure - Bloomberg

[tomthefanboy]

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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!

There is no road that reaches the Northwest Angle. No airstrip or helipad. The only way to get to the rest of the United States without crossing the border is seaplane or boat. What a place to be!

[wwtravels]

Surrounded in Minnesota

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…

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[mapsontheweb]

Minnesota's "Northwest Angle" is only accessible by land if you drive through Canada.

[quoteradar]

It's the only international border crossing in the world that's just on the honor system.

Chris

[jeffwhittle]

America's small town in Canada

[waterman12053]

[clickedstream]

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