Take a quick look at the Canada–United States border on a map, and it'll be difficult to divert your eyes from a very obvious point near southeaste...
Take a quick look at the Canada–United States border on a map, and it'll be difficult to divert your eyes from a very obvious point near southeastern Manitoba, where the U.S. appears to poke into Canada like a thumb.
While drafting the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Great Britain approved a boundary between the U.S. and Canada that ran from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. While establishing the northern border of the U.S., negotiators referred to a map from 1755 that mistakenly showed Lake of Woods as being smaller and a different shape than what it actually is.
The area is considered the walleye capital of the world and attracts major fishing activity, with large populations of walleye, pike, perch, bass, and muskie. Non-Canadians were only allowed to keep up to four walleye, under the condition that they stayed at a Canadian resort. Staying on the U.S. side meant they couldn't keep anything, which had a devastating impact on the U.S. resorts and the local fishing community.
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