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  2. Northwest Angle - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] It is one of six non-island locations in the 48 contiguous states that are practical exclaves of the United States. Oak Island, Angle Inlet and Penasse are in the Northwest Angle.

  3. Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing - Wikipedia

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    When the border crossing was first established in 1950, the U.S. Customs Service operated out of a white two-story building some distance from the border. A brick inspection station was constructed at the border in 1965; this building was replaced with the current facility in 2004. The current Canadian border station was built in 1971.

  4. Northwesternmost point of the Lake of the Woods - Wikipedia

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    South of that point, the channel of the Northwest Angle Inlet meandered east and west, crossing the border five times, thereby creating two small enclaves of water areas totaling two and a half acres that belonged to the United States but were surrounded by Canadian waters. A 1925 treaty addressed this by adopting the southernmost of the points ...

  5. Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The Roseau–South Junction Border Crossing connects the cities of Roseau, Minnesota and South Junction, Manitoba on the CanadaUnited States border. It is connected by Minnesota State Highway 310 in Roseau County on the American side and Manitoba Provincial Road 310 in the Rural Municipality of Piney on the Canadian side. The crossing was ...

  6. Pinecreek–Piney Border Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The early border patrol history is unclear, but assumedly the US mirrored the establishment of a permanent post at least by the 1920s. In 1958, a brick border station and two staff residences were built. [2] [4] The station building was replaced in 2012. [5] The crossing is the least busy in Minnesota, with an average of fewer than 25 cars a ...

  7. People are calling on U.S. to give a part of Minnesota to Canada

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  8. Roseau County, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Roseau County (/ r oʊ ˈ z oʊ /) is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the CanadaUS border.As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,331. [1]

  9. Canada–United States border - Wikipedia

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    The bridge is North America's busiest international crossing in terms of trade volume, carrying more than one-quarter of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States. Currently, there are 119 legal land border crossings between the United States and Canada, 26 of which take place at a bridge or tunnel.