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The road begins at Springsteel Resort north of Warroad and follows frozen Lake of the Woods some 22 miles northeast and north to the “Border Cut Trail,” a cut in the trees along the Minnesota-Manitoba border. The 8-mile land trail connects with county roads that take visitors either to Angle Inlet or Young's Bay, where the ice road to Oak and Flag islands begins. This satellite imagery shows the approximate route the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road follows from Springsteel Resort north of Warroad, Minn., to the Northwest Angle. Despite the recent warm weather, ice road conditions are at th...

Tales from the Northwest Angle: A harrowing trip across the big lake for a wedding, and one of the nation's most interesting postal routes Just as snow and rain don’t keep Fred Caravetta from delivering mail to the Northwest Angle, the closure of the U.S.-Canada border and the road to the Angle didn’t keep Janae Krantz-Odendahl from getting married in a place she loves. Written By: Brad Dokken | × Erik Struefert and Janae Krantz-Odendahl of the Twin Cities were able to overcome the challenges of no road access to the Northwest Angle and an early onset of wintr...

Minnesota Town Will Have Most Minutes of Darkness Monday Night Enter your number to get our free mobile app The winter solstice is upon us, and one spot in Minnesota will have the distinction of being the place with the longest night of the year this year. If you're looking for bragging rights for the Land of 10,000 Lakes, this might not be one of the top categories that come to mind, but Minnesota will be home to the place with the longest night of the year this year. Seeing as December 21st is the official start to winter, it's also the date where we experience the least amount of sunlight ...

How We Survive Winter Dec. 20, 2020 The solstice arrives in the depths of the pandemic. But the season of darkness also offers ancient lessons of hope and renewal. For generations, as the days darkened and the blizzards came, the Anishinaabe people warned of the Windigo. He is the monster of winter, dripping with ice and white with snow, and he is starving, said Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, as she remembered the story of her ancestors. He is a human turned cannibal. His hunger is never satiated, and it endangers everyone around him. He thinks only of himse...

A tale of two lakes: Tourism flourishes on south shore of Lake of the Woods while Northwest Angle struggles with border closure during the COVID-19 pandemic Thanks to the ongoing U.S.-Canada border closure to nonessential travel, getting to the Northwest Angle by road – which requires traveling about 40 miles through Manitoba – hasn’t been an option for anyone but permanent residents and essential workers since March. Written By: Brad Dokken and Ann Bailey | 7:00 am, Dec. 21, 2020 × Fishermen return to the dock at Ballard's Resort on Lake of the Woods after a day ...