@matryomap: Why does the USA poke into Canada right here? ⚖️ ⚖️ The USA-Canada border follows the 49th parallel almost perfectly, except at the Northwest Angle in Minnesota. It exists because the 1783 treaty relied on the Mitchell Map, which got the Lake of the Woods wrong. Today 149 people live there and drive through Canada to reach the rest of the state. 💬 Would you live in the Northwest Angle? Yes or no? 📚 Sources: Northwest Angle: only place in the contiguous US north of the 49th parallel: court_nwangle_only_north https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle; Angle Township population, 2020 census: court_nwangle_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle; Northwest Angle: border error from the Mitchell Map (1783 treaty): court_nwangle_mitchell_map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle; Canada-US border along the 49th parallel, length: court_parallel49_length https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_parallel_north; map shapes: Natural Earth 1:50m (public domain) https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ 🛠️ Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). Flags: flag-icons (MIT). Music, sounds and packing: made by Matryomap. 🔔 New Shorts every day: @Matryomap #maps #geography #shorts #mapcourt
