With Canada s reopening set, border resorts hope to bounce back New policy brings relief and hope, but also confusion and skepticism. July 19, 2021 8:55pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Businesses and residents of Minnesota s Northwest Angle and border communities in the U.S. and Canada are cautiously optimistic about Canada s announcement Monday that it will relax pandemic restrictions starting next month.
Starting Aug. 9, U.S. travelers who are fully vaccinated with a Canadian-approved vaccine can travel to Canada. Vaccinated travelers from the rest of the world can do the same starting Sept. 7. This is very, very welcome news, said Joe Henry, executive director of Lake of the Woods Tourism. We can still get in part of our August, and certainly our September and October, for fishing and hunting and everything else.
Ice road becomes a lifeline to Minnesota s Northwest Angle COVID-19 cut off the most remote area of Minnesota. Desperate residents engineered an epic solution. February 20, 2021 3:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Standing on the frozen lake, three miles from shore and with his young dog at his side, Paul Colson scanned the featureless white expanse with his binoculars when he spotted the glimmer of headlights miles away.
Anticipation gave way to euphoria, and finally relief: By the end of the day, more than two dozen vehicles had traveled on an ice road born of desperation. It s the first ray of light, Colson said.
Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road offers new gateway to winter adventure
With the U.S.-Canada border closed to tourism and other nonessential travel since March, reaching the Northwest Angle by driving through Manitoba isn t an option and won’t be until the border reopens, whenever that might be. That’s where the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road comes into play. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Signs greet visitors to the Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods County Road 49 at the Minnesota-Manitoba border. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
OAK ISLAND, Minn. – The fish weren t exactly jumping out of the holes, but they didn t have to be.
With the U.S.-Canada border closed to tourism and other nonessential travel since March, reaching the Northwest Angle by driving through Manitoba isn't an option and won’t be until the border reopens, whenever that might be. That’s where the Northwest Angle Guest Ice Road comes into play.
Tales from the Northwest Angle: A harrowing trip across the big lake for a wedding, and one of the nation s most interesting postal routes
Just as snow and rain don’t keep Fred Caravetta from delivering mail to the Northwest Angle, the closure of the U.S.-Canada border and the road to the Angle didn’t keep Janae Krantz-Odendahl from getting married in a place she loves. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Erik Struefert and Janae Krantz-Odendahl of the Twin Cities were able to overcome the challenges of no road access to the Northwest Angle and an early onset of wintry weather to get married in late October on Flag Island. (Photo courtesy of Janae Krantz-Odendahl)