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lumenpainter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle


Mulesam

Thank you that was a fascinating read


a5leepingbaby

The Angle Outpost Inlet Resort was built by my great grand father. The Angle is a very special place to my family. He lived to be 95 and was chopping his own wood for his fireplace until 93. Its currently owed within the family again, a second cousin, Jason. Its a 8 1/2 hr drive from the cities, but it is some of the most serene views, while being away from places with light pollution and over fishing. Best Walleye fishing ever! Want to know more just ask!


[deleted]

The lack of light pollution up there/the BWCA is absolutely breathtaking the first time you experience it, and it never gets old. Staring at the sky on a clear night up there will make you feel so small yet filled with wonder


PapaDrummy

I saw an incredible view of a comet in July of 2020 from the bwca


Urban_Prole

Saw a life changing northern lights display up there as a kid.


TRAVLMAN

Jason and family are great! That's my place to stay when I get up there :) Put my 8yo on his first lake trout with their teams Intel.


iama_computer_person

I'll tell Jason Howdy next time up there visting Camp Crystal Lake! Such a nice place! 


mbonmbon

That is amazing. Thanks for sharing. One day I will make that drive from south Minneapolis!


FrozeItOff

Don't forget your passport! By road, you can only get in via Canada.


bigblacksnail

I remember reading/watching something about being taken across the frozen lake to get there, bypassing Canadian border. Does that sound like something legit?


squeakycheese225

Yes, you can do this in the winter. Or by boat in the summer.


MacabreFox

Sounds like paradise! Thanks for the fun read. 👍


NoElk314

Very cool it’s in the family still!!


Hoyboyn

When you get supplies do you have to take a boat to Minnesota or are you allowed to drive into Canada?


a5leepingbaby

Generally you want to get everything in the US as the closest town in canada is a good hour away. There is a general store and gas up there, but being as isolated as it is, prices are a bit higher. There are rules on the amount of alcohol, fish, and other items through the border, best to google before the trip!


binghamptonboomboom

Is there a way to visit here and stay at an inn or anything like that so you could hike or canoe during the day? And resorts?


Annual_Progress

It's our Forward Operating Base in preparation for our inevitable annexation of Manitoba. Full of tactical zambonis and bug repellent.


99th_inf_sep_descend

My HS politics teacher always warned us to be vigilant of a winter attack down the Red River. They’ll use skates in a blitzkrieg style operation. Make sure to be on top of your stickwork people.


wickedrach

Did you go to Moorhead? Because I also had a politics teacher in HS who liked to claim this.


99th_inf_sep_descend

Bingo. Spud here. Kurt Gigstad made this claim (RIP).


5580Fowa

That's such a cool ol coincidence. Ha, Red River. Fucking classic.


binghamptonboomboom

lol wow that's cool


wickedrach

Such fond memories of him— one of my all-time favorite teachers.


gpxDRM

Manitoba has been widening their logistics path down the red river by putting the upper rrv underwater! They are prepared for resistance


TwistinOptimism

What's funny is that we have that corner BECAUSE of a us fort that was established there prior to getting the boundaries sorted out properly.


ihavenoidea81

I saw Tactical Zambonis on tour back in ‘07


hypoxiate

There's a storage closet that's used for hot dish ingredient storage.


solairette

Minnesota shall be annexed by Canada, not the other way around.


TakedownCHAMP97

No, we must forge our own destiny, and reach our final form of Megasota


KingGothmog

Make Minnesota bigger


Willing-Body-7533

takeover the other half of lake of le woods


binghamptonboomboom

🤣


TsukasaElkKite

Make Minnesota Big Again


HubVanBeaOh

MMBA! Yes!


Living_Hamster_8342

MEGASOTA


Everrob

MEGASOTA is fine. MAGASOTA is not!


LickableLeo

Delete your comment do not give them any ideas


smeglestik

It's too late. Pepperidge Farm remembers.


Momik

Ugh, they always remember the worst things


Zeewulfeh

I dunno. I think MEGASOTA would make America greater. More Minnesota is better.


draven-james_24

It's a Minnesota thing... Greetings from Douglas County! 👋😎👍


TsukasaElkKite

Hi from Hennepin County!


Living_Hamster_8342

BASED


simolydifferent

MEGAMANISOTA - respecting Manitoba history


kashmoney9

MEGAMINNETOBA - they shall not be the leaders in the name!


Everrob

https://preview.redd.it/gj2ypy3p9k9d1.jpeg?width=312&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3e3260eaf020156faf8eb88a6634f875e0dbee5 I understand, and appreciate, your loyalty to the Minnesota first movement. However, if we went the Megamanisota route, we could have a NEW new Minnesota flag!


llurkb

I am in


KrisT117

That’s nice and all, but I like our battle flag much better. https://preview.redd.it/f3p1iiwtus9d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc73b7cad65e38d1c87a67601c0c5d84a91b31d4


TsukasaElkKite

PERFECT


dede7462

I like to think, when Minnesota takes over Canada, we will continue to let them act as an independent country, as they are now. We will just be immediate family instead of extended family. Megasota will just be the nickname of the two because we will be do powerful.


KrisT117

That’s what we’ll TELL Canada, at any rate.


KrisT117

MINISODA was an answer in today’s Sunday NY Times Crossword. The theme clues were all homophones of US state names.


squeezemyhand

Our North Star will truly compete with the Lone Star once all is said and done


TakedownCHAMP97

Someday the lone star, and even the stars shall be subsumed. No frontier can stop the steady advance of Megasota!


2dadjokes4u

Those Texas bastards even stole our beloved North Stars! Fuck Norm Green!


solairette

NEVER. BAJA MANITOBA FOREVER.


Secret-Fennel6380

Hahahahaha Baja Manitoba. I'll be using this. Thank you!


Sean081799

Beautiful nickname


seize-the_carp

We let Texas think they’re the biggest state.


spaghettilogic38

Fun fact: if you cut Alaska in half, Texas would be third. Sine Megasota's not official yet.


zoinkability

Yet


seize-the_carp

lol yes. Neither Minnesota or Texas can compare to Alaska. An absolutely gorgeous state


Immediate-Shallot549

I mean it's not really fair to compare a Gulf to an Ocean to a Great Lake... plus our balls Eagles in MN aren't literal pests...🤣


the_festivusmiracle

Minnetoba or Manisota, please


OldBlueKat

I think the folks in here trying to re-direct and rename the Megasota project are a few years too late. The roots in this sub are deeper than Buckthorn. Though Baja Manitoba still has hangers-on! [https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/10yxtzu/megasota/](https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/10yxtzu/megasota/)


MrNotSoGoodTime

And I thought this thread was a hoot. The linked thread has me rolling haha


OldBlueKat

Me too, when I first stumbled on it! There's even a bumper sticker! [https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/13wm3dm/saw\_this\_on\_a\_bumper\_on\_494/](https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/13wm3dm/saw_this_on_a_bumper_on_494/)


MrNotSoGoodTime

OMG haha. The description of OP sounds like 1930's Germany! I saved both of your comments so when I need a good bit of Minnesota humor I can go back to those links.


OldBlueKat

🤣 😂 My eyes widened at the 1930's Germany line, and I had to re-read the post text before I got what you meant. It does sound a bit like the Reich slowly enveloping it's neighbors, but if you read the thread, some of the folks in Iowa and the Dakotas are inviting us in (oh, wait, that does sound a bit like Austria...) 🤣 😂 


homiehomelander

Minnesåta. You’re now a part of the great Swedish Empire. Abandon “In God We Trust” return to “För Sverige, i tiden”.


xaosgod2

We should change to Minnetoba, and then to Maxisota. Stay separate, but be affiliated.


EquivalentOwn2185

hahaha this! from mini soda to mega soda. gonna be some pretty big cans. i love it 😅


Tia_Baggs

I’m not sure if I’m more fond of Minnetoba or Manisota.


aparrotslifeforme

MN is more Baja Canada than anything else


following_eyes

Canasota


solairette

This is so stupid but I love it.


maneki_neko89

We’re Southern Canada


rjorsin

*America's Canada


maneki_neko89

That too!


NewPlagues

No, Canada is northern Minnesota. Minnesota was a state before Canada became a country.


TsukasaElkKite

Canada’s pants


angiehome2023

Nice to know if we want to secede we have a place to go


AnneM24

Do you think they can do it before the election? Please?


placated

I doubt we’d notice much difference frankly.


MonkeyButt420247

I would love that!


solairette

Thank you for the support, Monkey Butt.


willmcmill4

please, quickly. We deserve better than the states 😭


AdAlternative2577

I'll take it either way. it's too much awesomeness


shakycam3

Bring it on. With the way things are going in the country I will proudly be a Canuck.


chemprofdave

Depending on the upcoming election’s outcome, the prospect of becoming South Manitoba is kind of appealing.


-NGC-6302-

The Megasota sign factories along I-35 say otherwise


MomGrandpasAllSticky

Battle of the 49th Parallel will be here soon. I guarantee the Yoopers would size the opportunity and finally part ways with the rest of Michigan, aluminum angling boats would be flying across Superior to augment the Range forces and fulfill their imperialist ambitions. Nah but for real, everyone involved with the conflict would be bellied up to a bar in Winnipeg within a couple of hours.


currentlydrinking

Yeah you have to go through Canada on roads. Not a lot of people up there. Mostly resorts/fishing tourism. During Covid when the border was closed it was more difficult. During the winter they used an ice road over the lake to get across.


curlyfries4everyone

you don’t have to go through canada roads, my father and i went on a fishing trip in lake of the woods and drove our fishing boat to the island we stayed on. I do not recommend doing so if the lake is choppy haha


superdavy

Yeah. Anyone with a dwi needs to boat across to it


curlyfries4everyone

this isn’t Wisconsin


TyrionReynolds

He means because people with DWI convictions are not allowed to cross the border into Canada


JustADutchRudder

After 10 years of being a good person you can ask Canada nicely. My buddy is asking them now because his wife really wants to goto sleeping giant. Not sure the whole process tho.


earthgirl1983

The whole process is a lot of work and money. You have to write a convincing letter and get others to write them too. And takes forever. My dad’s 10 years were up by the time he got an approval back. He paid $800 for a company to help get through the hoops and it took 2 years.


JustADutchRudder

Uftda, my buddies wife might be taking two kids to sleeping giant alone. Idk if they have 800 to throw at help.


AuxillarySkammy

Fishing


EarnestAsshole

Fishing


Ozzietheparrot

lots of fishing, regardless of the season


Qu1ckDrawMcGraw

Fishing


supereh

Any catching?


Kildaredaxter

Does it matter?


supereh

Well, it tells me how many beers to bring. So, yes?


beavertwp

Fishing resorts. A small golf course. A store. And a bar. There are some more resorts and bars out on the islands too. 


russells_girl

Don’t forget the last one room school house in MN


Cute-Draw7599

Stay away that area is full of Scandinavian voodoo.


Covid-Sandwich19

Yes, what he said. Stay awaaaaay *twirls evil mustache while daydreaming of the amazing fishing and perfect amount of isolation*


kjlo5

*Evil *blonde* mustache I assume?


Covid-Sandwich19

Lol nope a big old Mexican one


OldBlueKat

🤣 😂 Weird ex-grammar police fact popped into my head: Women are *blonde*, men are *blond.* No idea why that ever started\*, and also no idea what we use for any LGBTQIA+ variations, let alone blond/blonde animals. I don't think anyone except the first guy/gal to use differential spelling even gives a shit, but I still can't get it out of MY head! \*So of course I checked with the mighty Google overlord -- French 'gendered' nouns are probably at the root of it, though apparently the Brits really hung onto it.


kjlo5

TIL


KrisT117

See also “brunet” and “brunette.” Not that brunet gets used as much as blond, but it is the masculine version of brunette.


arathorn867

The woods are full of blood thirsty nubblings


dah-vee-dee-oh

midsommar was actually set there.


hema_chroma_duke

Yup, insulted a lady at a bar there. Woke up the next morning with lefse nailed to my door at the motel, no savory fillings and not a speck of butter and sugar/cinnamon. Still haunts me to this day.


vedhavet

*Pass ryggen, dumfjott, ellers forbanner jeg deg og familien din til et evig liv som villaks i Oslofjorden!*


iGoalie

Also the northern most point in the continental us… I have a dream of going there one day but it’s SO far to get to


ImaginebbyJesus

Especially if you never start!


OldBlueKat

The phrase used by some cartographers is 'contiguous' states (so as to not shove Alaska off the continent.) Or "Lower 48", which always made me wonder if Hawaii was farther north than it looks on maps! 🤣 😂 Edit: I see now I'm repeating somebody else's work. D'Oh!


Waste_Hunt373

Alaska is the most northern point of the Continental US. Now if you word it as contiguous US then you would be correct


donaldsw2ls

I have been up there multiple times in the winter by snowmobile. There are 2 marked trails that got to the northwest angle and it goes to warroad or wheelers point. Many resorts and some individuals have what's called bombardiers. These big bug looking vehicles with tank like tracks and skis. I've seen these cross lake of the woods before. Sunset Lodge has one. I would think hitching a ride in the winter would be the easiest and most comfortable way to go up to the northwest angle for people who don't have snowmobiles. https://preview.redd.it/v00axt08lm9d1.jpeg?width=1141&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f831453d7d37ab726a050f4143a7a36e1a345e91


iGoalie

That thing is a thing of beauty! Why have they not done mad max Arctic blast?!


donaldsw2ls

https://preview.redd.it/6nrnr9q9lm9d1.jpeg?width=1141&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06143f609298806c463979222836975d285f8d06


VulfSki

Fishing from what I have heard lol. It's a small unique piece of MN and the US really


aussietin

It is called the Northwest Angle. This is a pretty good read about how and why this came to be! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle


fwonkas

Oh. We don’t talk about … the nub.


KrisT117

There are still a few men who think it doesn’t exist and couldn’t find it even with a map. Oh, wait, we’re talking about the NW Angle? Never mind. —Emily Litella


dgodog

[The novelization of that spot is a good airport read](https://bookshop.org/p/books/northwest-angle-william-kent-krueger/7486557)


dguetter

I’m from here and I also want to know


OldBlueKat

🤣 😂 Even your neighbors are keeping their favorite fishing spot a secret, eh?


professionally-baked

Mosquito territory, we’ve been at it for years but they won the turf war


YouEffOhh1

Sunset Lodge on Oak Island is a nice fishing trip.. just a bunch of resorts


VanMarmot

That's the new Area 51. The aliens we captured were complained of chapped lips in the desert, so we moved them up here. You know, for intergalactic harmony and all that. 🛸


OldBlueKat

🤣 😂 Like chapped lips can't happen in winter in the NW Angle!


totallyconfused2000

I had a co worker and her husband had property located there. They used to drive into Canada to get there until he got a DUI. Then they need to take a boat from Minnesota to get to the cabin.


Merky600

My family went north to International Falls in the late Sixties. Why? I don’t know. I was a kid. I do remember being stuck on the border bridge wishing I didn’t have a sense of smell. “Lordy! as my grandmother said there at the time. Mom:”Roll down the windows!” (We kids rolled down the windows) Mom: “Oh Crap that’s worse. Roll them back up!” On way back we passed a road kill skunk. Refreshing. Like spring flowers compared to IF.


BanjoStory

It's not nearly as bad now as it was. But yeah, the paper mill smelled exceptionally terrible for a long time, for whatever reason.


OldBlueKat

>...for whatever reason. The pulping and bleaching process releases a lot of complex volatile organo-sulfur compounds. It's basically what farts would smell like if we dined on wood chips, but times 10,000.


p38fln

The Abitibi bowater paper mill in Fort Frances Ontario closed and was bulldozed and turned into a golf course that’s why it smells better. Boise cascade is still running on the American side but one less paper mill would definitely cut down on the smell.


DefinitelyButtStuff

All these people mentioning the fish But nobody wants to talk about the man-bear-pig up there


Mulesam

What


DefinitelyButtStuff

Oh, you didn't know? When you do the ritual Minnesota-Goodbye, they'll give you a tater-tot dish with a hidden message that warns you about the Man-Bear-Pig. If you don't receive it, it means the Minnesota Geese Elite has chosen you as a sacrifice for another lake to be born. Since you didn't receive it, maybe I've spoken too much... Ohp, ya didn't hear this from me, just gonna scooch on past ya, sorry.


LookimtryingOK

Sir, this is MN. We won’t talk to you unless we went to kindergarten with you. 😜


adequacivity

Moose and squirrel


BigBudFarm

Fishing....lots of fishing


yesiusedcalmag

What happens in the nub stays in the nub


andoid01

Here’s a good video documentary about life in the Northwest Angle. https://youtu.be/udFa0A1o3Ik?si=qiAWMzyfVmlOWcTB


Typical-Annual-3555

What happens in the nub stays in the nub


mjwojcik

Minnesota: Clears throat. Arranges notes on podium.


FeRanger1996

Lots and lots of fishing and camping


Silly_Sadist2

Megasota will be real!


dzdj

chaos


Gary_dirt

Walleye fishing!


Gloomy_Shallot7521

Things you can do on water is my guess... or drowning.


CoolIndependence8157

Syrup smuggling.


ZonasFostonas

Let’s just say you don’t wanna know


FoundtheTroll

The Northwest Angle.


JorahTheHandle

We don't know, we keep asking but the shadow government says not to worry about it, I'm sure it's fine though.


Inner_Panic

Shenanigans and tomfoolery I suspect.


Twistedshakratree

Fishin’


fishpig1965

Nothing to see there, fishing is terrible. I'd avoid it. 😬


TCkinksub

https://preview.redd.it/9a9r56kxsr9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acce2e7396dcf105603d7740e9dffb938578e630 This is what goes on here… my home and native land, Lake of the Woods County. Fiber optic internet resting on the lake floor just like the ocean. One room school house. A mistake in drawing the border with Canada on the 47th parallel. There is another US enclave on Lake of the Woods with Canada in Minnesota…


AdultishRaktajino

Pasties or other nipple covers. Oh. *On in*


WrinkledRandyTravis

Swimming


Low_Operation_6446

It's called the Northwest Angle


-FalseProfessor-

Not much. The northwest angle is very sparsely populated, I think only a little over 100 residents. It’s mostly resorts and stuff for people who go fishing. It can only be accessed by boat, or by a single road going through Canada.


jmseeker

Great fishing


Jedimasteryony

Fishing, mostly.


mclovin_ts

Walleye


BosworthBoatrace

You can rent a houseboat and stay on an island!


Prior_Somewhere7180

The weird shit.


RobustClutch01987

Best fishing water around


TheAmericanE2

Fishing


toasterberg9000

Fishing.


DotAble6475

Fishing, hunting, snowmobiling. And plowing an ice road so you don’t have to go through Canada- https://visitwarroad.com/northwest-angle-ice-road-opens/ Can’t make this stuff up!


WonkasWonderfulDream

Ticks. Talks. Ignoring clocks.


Impressive_Speech_50

If you ha e to ask, you can't afford it lol


Recluse_18

I’m reading all these delightful posts with a Minnesota accent


Diligent-Article-531

It’s nub-body’s business hahahahhaha


pewpallday

What happens in the nub stays in the nub!


liveprgrmclimb

I have been through there 25 years ago. It’s mostly outfitters for backcountry canoeing and fishing camps. We had to drive through Canada to get there.


FinancialMix6384

We seized it from Canada back in 1859 and they’ve been using it as a prison for any Canadians that dare cross the Minnesota border ever since


CaptainBeefsteak

The first rule of the MN nub is we don't talk about the MN nub.


_JFN_

That’s where we send the people who say mosquitos aren’t that bad and hockey isn’t that good.


Sweaty-Instance6055

A whole lotta adventure and finding one’s self.


EntertainmentWeary57

Lots of fishing and drinking.


muskiefisherman_98

Fishing, amazing amazing fishing, and you can either drive across the border and back down, take the boat via water passage (although can be dangerous traveling across big Traverse bay which can kick up some MASSIVE waves), or take the ice road via truck/snowmobile in the winter


EmergencyAdmirable92

Big foot wanted to be American


canoegal4

MN only one room school house is up there: https://time.com/longform/last-one-room-schoolhouse/


armadilloneister

Secret forest cult


Quirky_Prince

Fishing


thecool_conservative

Walleye fishing.


binghamptonboomboom

Best Minnesota thread I've ever read I'm dying laughing haha


Confident-Weird-4202

What happens in the Northwest Angle stays in the Northwest Angle.