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* Click EXPAND to read more about the Northwest Angle: | * Click EXPAND to read more about the Northwest Angle: | ||
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[[File:NORTHWEST Angle.png||right|250px|thumb|The Northwest Angle in Minnesota, bordering Manitoba, Ontario, and Lake of the Woods]] | |||
** 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 | ||
** thus The Angle is one of six "practical exclaves" of the U.S., as it is only accessible by land via Canada | ** thus The Angle is one of six "practical exclaves" of the U.S., as it is only accessible by land via Canada | ||