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30-mile ice road built to save resorts on the Northwest Angle An isolated section of Minnesota has built their own ice road to keep connected with the rest of the state. Written By: Matt Henson | × A pickup uses a temporary bridge over an ice crack on the ice road on Lake of the Woods. Matt Henson/WDAY ANGLE INLET, Minn. The Northwest Angle of Minnesota is cut off from the U.S. Mostly surrounded by Lake of the Woods and separate from the rest of the state, the increased isolation during the pandemic has some area businesses going broke. The only way to get there by land is through Canada, but the border is closed, closing off the town from the thousands of tourists who flock there for world-class fishing every winter, until now. ....
Cut off by Canada, locals build 30-mile ice road from isolated section of Minnesota to U.S. An isolated section of Minnesota has built their own ice road to keep connected with the rest of the state. Written By: Matt Henson | × A pickup uses a temporary bridge over an ice crack on the ice road on Lake of the Woods. Matt Henson/WDAY ANGLE INLET, Minn. The Northwest Angle of Minnesota is cut off from the U.S. It is surrounded mostly by Lake of the Woods and is separate from the rest of the state. The only way to get there by land is through Canada, but the border is closed, cutting the town off from the thousands of tourists who flock there for world-class fishing every winter. ....