Strange But True, Michigan Is Just 687 Feet from Minnesota in Lake Superior
Anyone who looks at a map of Lake Superior often asks, why does Isle Royale belong to Michigan and not Minnesota or Ontario? The answer likes with Toledo, but that's another story.
The geographic quirk of Isle Royale does help to define Michigan's water boundaries with the state of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario and creates a true geographic quirk. Michigan's territorial waters begin just 687 feet from the easternmost tip of Minnesota. That's just over 1/10th of a mile in length.
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The reason for the very tight Michigan/Minnesota tight border is based on Michigan's westernmost line.
The southern bullseye on the map is Michigan's western land border is where the Montreal River meets Lake Superior. That line then extends into the lake.
The middle bullseye is the Michigan-Wisconsin-Minnesota tripoint - one of several tri-point Michigan borders in the Great Lakes.
The northernmost bullseye is the quirky area where Minnestoa likes so very close to Michigan. It's a spot on the map known as Pigeon Point.
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Take a close-up look.
That jut of land that is Minnesota's easternmost point is the point of the state that lies just over 600 feet from Michigan's territorial waters - and roughly 3500 (almost exactly 2/3 of a mile) from Point MOM the Michigan-Ontario-Minnesota tripoint.
So despite the hours long drive to take a car from Michigan to Minnesota, you could almost certainly win a bar bet if you could get someone to take you up on the fact the Minnesota and Michigan are just 600 feet apart.
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