Cut off from rest of U.S. by Canada, Minnesota's Northwest Angle builds a 22-mile ice road
The ice road crosses Lake of the Woods, giving struggling resorts a lifeline.
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The ice road crosses Lake of the Woods, giving struggling resorts a lifeline.
Cut off from rest of US, Minnesota resort town builds a 22-mile ice road Passage on the ice road requires a $145 roundtrip permit. Season passes are being sold for $500 to recoup the cost of building and constant plowing. Author: Boyd Huppert Updated: 10:08 PM CST February 1, 2021 ANGLE INLET, Minn. — Paul and Karen Colson live 40 miles north of Warroad, Minnesota. They may as well be on the moon. “Cut off,” Paul says. “Totally, totally.” For the past 10 months, the Minnesota husband and wife have been essentially severed from the rest of the United ...