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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.
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 .
The land area of the Angle is separated from the rest of Minnesota by Lake of the Woods, but shares a land border with Canada. It is one of only six non-island locations in the 48 contiguous states that are practical exclaves of the U.S. It is the northernmost township in Minnesota and contains the northernmost point in the contiguous 48 states.
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).
Each state, province or territory is labeled with the two-letter code for that area. Non-contiguous parts of a states/provinces are "grouped" together with the main area of the state/provinces, so any state/provinces can be coloured in completion with one click anywhere on the state/provinces's area.
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USA and Canada located on a world map: Date: 26 November 2008: Source: BlankMap-World6-Equirectangular.svg: Author: Derivative work by Tryphon; Original by CIA Fact Book, Canuckguy and John Harvey; Permission (Reusing this file) CC-by-sa-3.0: Other versions: Canada USA Locator.png
Also, all states/provinces have a "id" attached to them, making them easy to find. Select "find" and then enter in the state/provinces's ISO 3166-2 code in the "id" field to find it. The codes can be found here (Canada) and here (USA). Date: 03-07-2007 edited 8-Aug-2007: Source: Vector map BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.svg. Modified by ...