Iowa is to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota are to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba are to the north. With 86,943 square miles (225,180 km2), or approximately 2.25% of the United States, Minnesota is the 12th-largest state.
Minnesota is centered within Dakota creation stories and is an important place in traditional Ojibwe history. Along with the Dakota and Ojibwe, the Ho-Chunk, Cheyenne, Oto, Iowa, and the Sac & Fox tribes also acknowledge Minnesota as important to their tribal histories.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. More than 1 million acres, it extends nearly 150 miles along the international boundary adjacent to Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and is bordered on the west by Voyageurs National Park.
Minnesota shares a 547-mile border with the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. There are 8 border crossings in MN. The Baudette – Rainy River border crossing is an international bridge that connects the communities of Baudette, MN and Rainy River, Ontario.
Did you know: In Minnesota, there are seven Anishinaabe (Chippewa, Ojibwe) reservations and four Dakota (Sioux) communities. A reservation or community is a segment of land that belongs to one or more groups of American Indians.
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As formed in 1849, Minnesota Territory was bounded by Canada, Michigan (in a portion of Lake Superior),Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Missouri and White Earth Rivers. When statehood was first seriously considered in 1856, it seemed that only the western boundary needed to be marked. Territorial delegate Henry M.
The 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' borders the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba in the north, North Dakota and South Dakota in the west, Iowa in the south, and Wisconsin in the southeast. It shares a water border with Michigan in Lake Superior. Minnesota is divided into 87 counties.