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Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
Excluding surveying errors, [2] it is the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel, which forms the border between the U.S. and Canada from the Northwest Angle westward to the Strait of Georgia (between the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia).
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [21] Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
A landscape typical of the Boundary Waters region (Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota) Protected areas along the international boundary Coordinates: 48°06′00″N 91°37′12″W / 48.100°N 91.620°W / 48.100; -
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The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States.Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon, the region is usually defined to include the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; some definitions include North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Nebraska and Illinois.
The Red River is about 885 kilometres (550 mi) long, [2] of which about 635 kilometres (395 mi) are in the United States and about 255 kilometres (158 mi) are in Canada. [3] The river falls 70 metres (230 ft) on its trip to Lake Winnipeg, where it spreads into the vast deltaic wetland known as Netley Marsh.
The Falls-to-Falls Corridor (officially The Falls-to-Falls Corridor—United States Route 53 from International Falls on the Minnesota/Canada border to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) is, by the United States federal government, a recognized trade corridor. In the 1990s, the federal government listed the corridor as a priority for development.