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A large lake located by the scouring of Pleistocene ice hosts a
geographical curiosity. The Northwest Angle, a 150 square mile (390 square
km) tract separated from the rest of Minnesota by the Lake of the Woods, is
the northernmost point in the United States exclusive of Alaska. The
peninsula is connected to Manitoba and can be reached overland only by
going through Canada. It was acquired in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, through
an earlier surveying error made while attempting to locate the source of
the Mississippi and other rivers. Most of the land is uninhabited and held
in trust by the Red Lake Indian Reservation. |
