Give a portion of Minnesota to Canada? Petition seeks to hand over Northwest Angle

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON — A petition has been started to get the U.S. government to give Minnesota’s Northwest Angle to Canada.

Commonly known as the Angle, the Northwest Angle is home to about 120 people and juts out of northern Minnesota but is surrounded by Lake of the Woods and Canadian territory. It is the only place in the United States outside Alaska that is north of the 49th parallel.

It is a result of a surveying error made in 1755.

“Negotiators of the initial Canada-U.S. border misunderstood the geography of the area,” the petition says. “Make America great by correcting this critical survey error.”

Read more: https://www.twincities.com/2019/01/02/us-give-a-portion-of-minnesota-to-canada-petition-seeks-to-hand-over-northwest-angle/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. The people affected should have a say in this

Though the publicity might result in a stampede to move there before it's too late...

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Most of it's a state park, and there's the booming metropolis of Angle Inlet...

at the end of the one road.

And you have to go through Canada to get there. (Unless you have a boat)

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I was just thinking how weird it would be to find yourself a citizen of another country

Even if your life didn't change all that much. I remember a story about when they changed a state line, but a country is much different. Thanks for the information, it did sound pretty isolated.

[magicarpet]

4. Oh fuck,.. can we move the Canadian border down to,..

Narragansett Bay. And make all of the New England area part of Canada ?

I'm game,.. get the fuck away from this Mafioso Thug - Crazyman trDump.

Oh I would gladly and cheerfully relinquish my American Citizenship. Trudeau ain't that bad a guy,.. he ain't no Nazi,.. but more progressive. Nice dimples,.. kinda cute. And he doesn't git one of thems orange ground hogs living in his scalp.

[TexasTowelie]

6. I admire Trudeau,

but he needs to get away from wearing light brown shoes with blue suits. It's too casual of a look for most functions and puts the focus on his feet instead of his other great features.

[magicarpet]

8. Well if it ain't the fashion police...

It is 4@m Texas Towelie,.. what you doing up ?

[TexasTowelie]

11. Hey there.

I'm making the usual late-night rounds in the news and enjoying a glass of tangerine lemonade mixed with vodka. I'm also tending to the cat who wanted outside of the apartment.

As far as the fashion police business is concerned, if the biggest problem for Trudeau is my commentary on his brown shoes then he is in pretty good shape. As someone that is 6' 1" and slender overall, I tried to keep my shoes matching with my slacks so I didn't stick out.

I've also had my fill of wearing tan and brown slacks from my days as a pizza delivery driver. I think that I waited another 15 years before I wore brown again.

[magicarpet]

7. Oh,.. America can keep that Bible thumping Nazi,..

.... Edwardo "The weirdo" (Ted) Cruz,.. We Canadians don't want him,.. we can do just fine without his Jesus Bull shit up here.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I was remembering when the Canadian Immigration site went down because of Trump

A lot of Americans would sure love to suddenly become Canadian citizens right now!

[magicarpet]

10. Ya,... well,.. I'm of Armenian ethnic heritage.

I'm so sick of what this trDump guy has done to America,.. I'm about to apply for an entrance visa to move to Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey and try to buddy up to that two bit dictator,.. Recep Tayyip Erogan. He can't be any worse than this trDump son of a bitch.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. I'm Polish, Irish and Dutch - Would any of them take me??

I've been to Ireland, beautiful country and I speak the language...

It's sure getting wearying, dealing with Trump day after day - the only ones who benefit are the late night comedians, these days they have too much material!

[magicarpet]

13. Ain't that the truth,..

trDump is such the drama queen and media hog,.. he is a roving basket of deplorable Reality TV shit that late night comedians can't seem to get enough of him.

[magicarpet]

15. .

[druidity33]

17. well there's this...

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/remote-irish-island-seeks-americans-fleeing-donald-trump-presidency

[geardaddy]

19. Can we move it down to at least Minneapolis? n/t

[shanny]

5. health care!

[TexasTowelie]

14. Yes, it would give them an opportunity to make a choice.

The article mentions that the Northwest Angle only has about 120 inhabitants. It would be interesting how many of them actually want to be a part of Canada.

[magicarpet]

16. Just the Nazi Americans would want to stay,... so they can...

.... continue to do their Nazi salute to the Southern Pride - Stars&Bars - cept they should be flying the white flag of total defeat, total vanquishment, and surrender.

Then shot by firing squad at the rise of dawn for having conspired to commit treason against the United States of America and its standing army at the time.

Then these Nazis would be speaking their toxic manly macho Fascist bull shit from the depth of a six foot deep grave.

[GatoGordo]

23. I imagine any vote would require all Minnesotans

As a Minnesotan I find it interesting that any cares. I can't imagine why its suddenly important to anyone other than fishermen

[brush]

26. They'd all get immediate universal healthcare. It's worth thinking about.

They wouldn't have to move or anything and they're already surrounded by Canada.

[progree]

18. When I saw this thread had 17 replies (a LOT for Minnesota Group) I thought, uh oh, "54 40 or Fight"

I don't know if they teach that in history class anymore -- some Oregon boundary dispute -- wanted to extend the U.S. above the 49th parallel to 54° 40'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute

[LakeSuperiorView]

20. Canada could take from Duluth to Noyes (NW corner of MN)

That would mean all of the North Shore would be Canadian. Both my parents would be in Canada and I was born in a place that would be Canada. I could live with being less than 2 hours from the border and I-35 would finally extend from Mexico to Canada.

Probably would be a argument over Isle Royale, why should it belong to Michigan? Hell, why does it now belong to Michigan? I say we take our boats and show them 'ganders what for.

[GatoGordo]

22. Dem Yoopers are tougher than they appear.

Plenty friendly. Feed ya full of pasties and cudighis and smoked whitefish in order to lull you into docility... then steal your girl.

[LakeSuperiorView]

24. Well, they have to cross the entire Lake to get to Isle Royale.

Some winters, one can walk there from this side...

[GatoGordo]

21. Nobody is taking it seriously in Minnesota

Just another diversion. Must be our lack of snow and losing Crashed Ice to Boston this winter.

[brush]

27. They get immediate universal healthcare.

[dflprincess]

25. Just the Northwest Angle?

If Trump isn't removed from office soon, I would vote the entire state get handed over.

[LongtimeAZDem]

28. This is what happened to Donna on "The West Wing"