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Far North, Part 2
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Far North, Part 2

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Far North, Part 2

About twenty miles from Angle Inlet, the only town in the Northwest Angle, the sealed road ends and you jostle and bump along a wide gravel surface the rest of the way. This is better than the way things used to be. Until 1969, there was no all-season road. The Angle may seem remote,

By Dean Klinkenberg|2018-12-14T17:00:26-05:00August 24th, 2011|Historical shorts|1 Comment

Far North, Part 1
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Far North, Part 1

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Far North, Part 1

Minnesota If don’t remember the shape of the State of Minnesota, glance at the map I posted and look at the very top. You’ll notice a small part, roughly in the shape of a chimney or a partly smashed top hat, that extends farther north than the rest of Minnesota, which is

By Dean Klinkenberg|2018-12-14T16:53:46-05:00August 17th, 2011|Historical shorts|1 Comment

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