What is the most northerly place in the forty eight contiguous United States? It's a village called Angle Inlet in the state of Minnesota. You can't even reach it by road from America but you can get there from Canada..
A fellow called "Drifter Dave" from Winnipeg saved us all the trouble. If interested, please check out his video:-
Below you can see the location of Angle Inlet and the North West Angle district. It came into being because of a mapping error connected with The Treaty of Paris in 1783. Amongst other things, that conference sought to clarify the US-Canada border after The American War of Independence. As you can imagine, in those days some of the existing maps of remote areas were erroneous.
I would love to visit Angle Inlet but I don't suppose I ever will. Although it's not quite the same , "Drifter Dave" has done the job for us.
Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteI've got a desk light from there. Oh! Sorry. No. It's an Anglepoise.
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! Nice one Tommy Cooper!
DeleteI'm sure many books have been written about other border quirks. I'm also sure that many wars have been fought over borders.
ReplyDeleteThat little enclave should surely be part of Canada.
DeleteI wasn't going to watch the whole video but I did. It does look very serene, as he said. A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there, it is way too cold for me.
ReplyDeleteI also wonder how many flying insects there would be there in the summertime.
DeleteI presume it was named Angle Point after the map was drawn?
ReplyDeleteYes Miss Marple.
DeleteVery peaceful. Somewhere to go on retreat.
ReplyDeleteVery little noise there. If you pay may fare I will chaperone you Thelma!
DeleteI would love to visit Canada and see April Wine play.
ReplyDeleteWhich team does April Wine play for? Perhaps the Medicine Hat Tigers!
DeleteRemote places fascinate me, and I plan to watch the video once the May Fest is over and everything cleaned abd packed away again until next year.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure the question about the northernmost point of the U.S. has come up in a pub quiz some years ago, and Brian from our team knew it (of course).
Brian is a good, solid Germanic name!
DeleteI've been close canoeing in the boundary waters area of Minnesota but I have never stepped foot on the land on which Angle Point sits.
ReplyDeleteI once stayed in a cabin by Rainy Lake Mn - not too far from Angle Inlet.
DeleteYou could do the bloggers tour of North America, driving on the wrong side of the road is a little jolting at first.
ReplyDeleteWhen you habitually drive on the left, you have to be very wary when you are in a country where they drive the wrong way (i.e. the right way!).
DeleteI have never been to the Northernmost point but have been at the Southernmost many many times!
ReplyDeleteWhy? Are you a drug smuggler?
DeleteWell, I learned something new, Neil! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDrifter Dave did a nice job on his video and I was more impressed than I thought I would be. I will have to check out other videos by him as he has a pleasant manner as he explores things.
He's just an ordinary guy appeasing his curiosity.
DeleteI never realized America's northernmost point (at least in the continental USA) has a big concrete buoy just like the southernmost point in Key West!
ReplyDeleteQuite a nice co-incidence - possibly deliberate?
DeleteFascinating. Though I lived only one state away I don't think I'd ever heard of this place.
ReplyDeleteDid you do Geography at school Bruce? Maybe you were looking out of the window.
DeleteBlaine, Washington almost wins at 48.99 lat (Angle Inlet is 49) and best of all, it's accessible!
ReplyDeleteBlaine may be home to some kinky people but its border with Canada is not kinked.
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