Etymology

Lake of the Woods County

Today it means: The northernmost of the 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Baudette. The northernmost part of the county is an exclave (Northwest Angle) on the west side of the lake, accessible by land via Manitoba in Canada. Full definition →

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The story

Named after the Lake of the Woods on the Canada-US border.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.