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3 Apr 2025

This remote community of about 100 is caught in the Canada-U.S. trade war

Author: admintech | Filed under: Finance/ Money
Northwest Angle resort owner Kellie Knight is worried about how tariffs will impact prices of goods on both sides of the border, and how the deteriorating relationship between Canada and the U.S. will impact tourism south of the border.

The 100 or so year-round residents of Northwest Angle, Minn., are closely watching the Canada-U.S. trade war and threats of annexation. Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States that’s north of the 49th parallel, and only exists because of a surveyor’s mistake on a flawed 1755 map.