Minnesota's Northwest Angle (which locals simply call "the Angle") is the northernmost part of the contiguous U.S. and the only part of it that lies north of the 49th parallel.
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7 of the Most Interesting State Borders in the U.S.

Minnesota's Northwest Angle (which locals simply call "the Angle") is the northernmost part of the contiguous U.S. and the only part of it that lies north of the 49th parallel.

The area is a curious border oddity resulting from a mapmaker's mistake. When the Treaty of Paris was codified in 1783 (ending the Revolutionary War), it marked the U.S.-Canada border at what was thought to be the source of the Mississippi River's headwaters, but the line was actually drawn 150 miles north. This mistake left the Angle marooned in Canada, surrounded on three sides by Lake of the Woods and accessible only by road from Manitoba (you'll need a passport) — or by boat or snowmobile across the lake. 

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