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Further east, U.S. territory does not extend that
far north.
Map projections sometimes create an
optical illusion that
Maine
extends farther north than that; that illusion does not occur in
maps in which parallels of
latitude are straight lines. Like Alaska and
Point Roberts, Washington, the Northwest Angle cannot be
reached from the rest of the U.S. without either going through
Canada or crossing water—specifically, the
Lake of the Woods.The population was 152 at the 2000 census.
The
Treaty of Paris (1783), concluded between the United States
and
Great Britain at the end of the
American Revolutionary War, stated that the boundary between
U.S. territory and the British possessions to the north would
run "…through the Lake of the Woods to the most northwesternmost
point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the
river Mississippi…" The parties did not suspect that the
source of the Mississippi,
Lake Itasca, was south of that point. Consequently the
Northwest Angle is the result of
18th-century ignorance of
geography. In the
Anglo-American Convention of 1818, the error was corrected
by having the boundary run due south from the northwest point of
the lake to the
49th parallel and then westward along it. When this
north-south line was surveyed, it was found to intersect other
bays of the lake and therefore cut off a portion of U.S.
territory, now known as the Northwest Angle.
The land forming Angle Township is 123.09
square miles (318.81 km²) in area, which actually includes
several islands and two small
exclaves which are below (south of) the
49th parallel north. The exclaves are in the extreme
southwest part of the township, south of the southeast corner of
Manitoba, and not far from the northeast corner of
Roseau County. Of the
2000 census population of 152, there were 118 living on the
mainland, and 34 persons on the islands in
Lake of the Woods. All of the populated islands are north of
the 49th parallel. The mainland portion of the township north of
the 49th parallel has an area of 302.075 km² (116.632 sq mi).
The total land area of all islands is 16.325 km² (6.303 sq mi),
and the two exclaves total 0.408 km² (0.157 sq mi). The township
has the last
one-room public school in the state. The border crossing is
unstaffed. Travelers using the single
gravel road into the Angle are expected to use the telephone
provided to contact Canadian or
U.S. Customs and make their declarations. This fact has
caused controversy among many who feel that this unsecured
border in a post-9-11
world is dangerous and could lead to terrorists and illegal
immigrants entering the United States without anyone's
knowledge.[1]
[2]
Secession from the United States and
annexation by Canada has been proposed by some area
residents on occasion, but little action has resulted given the
proposal's non-urgent nature.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a
total area of 1,544.5
km² (596.3
mi²). 318.8 km² (123.1 mi²) of it is land and
1,225.7 km² (473.2 mi²) of it (79.36%) is water.
As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 152 people, 71
households, and 48 families residing in
the township. The census records all 152
as
White, one also being
Hispanic. The
population density was 0.5/km²
(1.2/mi²). There were 272 housing units
at an average density of 0.9/km²
(2.2/mi²).
Of
the 71 households, 10 have children
under the age of 18 living with them, 45
are
married couples living together, one
has a female householder with no husband
present, and 22 are non-families.
Seventeen households are made up of
individuals and 4 have someone living
alone who is 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.14 and
the average family size was 2.53.
In Angle Township, 22
people are under the age of 18 (11 girls
and 11 boys), 5 are between 18 and 24,
32 from 25 to 44, 74 from 45 to 64, and
19 are 65 years of age or older. The
median age is 50 years. There are 58
adult women and 72 adult men.
The median income for
a household in the township was $28,500,
and the median income for a family was
$31,250. Males had a median income of
$28,500 versus $21,250 for females. The
per capita income for the township
was $13,932. About 13.3% of families and
12.3% of the population were below the
poverty line. No one under 18 or
over 65 lives in poverty.
ANGLE INLET, a post office in T. 168N, R. 34W (Angle
2) since 1936, located on the west bank of the Pine River; the site grew
at a location where travelers left the steamboats from Fort Frances to
board stagecoaches for their overland journey to Winnipeg.
At
Angle Outpost Resort & Conference Center, we feel that the
combination of the great fishing, the stunning beauty and
seclusion of the Northwest Angle region of the lake, our
comfortable cabins, and friendly service is a perfect recipe
for a great time!
We are dedicated to making your stay as pleasant and
memorable as possible. Let us show you how good a Minnesota
Fishing Vacation can be!
