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[[File:USA-Extreme-Points.svg|USA-Extreme-Points|right|400px|thumb|Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle (MN), Ballast Key (FL), Sail Rock (ME), Bodelteh Islands (WA) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States]] | [[File:USA-Extreme-Points.svg|USA-Extreme-Points|right|400px|thumb|Extreme points in the contiguous 48 states: Northwest Angle (MN), Ballast Key (FL), Sail Rock (ME), Bodelteh Islands (WA) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States]] | ||
* northernmost state in the continental U.S.: Minnesota | * northernmost state in the continental U.S.: '''Minnesota''' | ||
* northernmost point in the continental U.S.: Northwest Angle, Minnesota, known as "The Angle" | * northernmost point in the continental U.S.: '''Northwest Angle''', Minnesota, known as "The Angle" | ||
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** when negotiating the US-Canadian border following the American Revolution (Treaty of Paris, 1783), negotiators used an inaccurate map of the border of present-day Minnesota and Canada, and thereby included the northwest portion of the Lake of the Woods as the border, while it actually lies within Canadian territory | ** when negotiating the US-Canadian border following the American Revolution (Treaty of Paris, 1783), negotiators used an inaccurate map of the border of present-day Minnesota and Canada, and thereby included the northwest portion of the Lake of the Woods as the border, while it actually lies within Canadian territory | ||