Northwest Angle, Minnesota

E186658

exclave populated place unincorporated community

Northwest Angle, Minnesota is a remote exclave of the United States in northern Minnesota, known for being the northernmost point of the contiguous U.S. and accessible mainly through Canada or by water.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Northwest Angle, Minnesota canonical	2
Angle Inlet, Minnesota	1
Angle Township, Minnesota	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1652290 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
Context triple: [Lake of the Woods, hasNearbyCommunity, Northwest Angle, Minnesota]

A. Waverly, Minnesota
Waverly, Minnesota is a small city in Wright County known historically as the rural hometown and death place of former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
B. Aitkin
Aitkin is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
C. Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota is a first-ring suburban city just south of Minneapolis, known for its residential neighborhoods, proximity to major highways and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and home to the headquarters of Best Buy.
D. Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead, Minnesota is a city in northwestern Minnesota located along the Red River of the North, forming part of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
E. Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
Target entity description: Northwest Angle, Minnesota is a remote exclave of the United States in northern Minnesota, known for being the northernmost point of the contiguous U.S. and accessible mainly through Canada or by water.

A. Waverly, Minnesota
Waverly, Minnesota is a small city in Wright County known historically as the rural hometown and death place of former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
B. Aitkin
Aitkin is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
C. Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota is a first-ring suburban city just south of Minneapolis, known for its residential neighborhoods, proximity to major highways and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and home to the headquarters of Best Buy.
D. Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead, Minnesota is a city in northwestern Minnesota located along the Red River of the North, forming part of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
E. Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exclave ⓘ populated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
accessMethod	by boat across Lake of the Woods ⓘ by land through Manitoba, Canada ⓘ by small aircraft ⓘ
borderCrossingRequirement	Canadian customs reporting when transiting through Canada ⓘ U.S. customs reporting when entering from Canada ⓘ
climate	continental climate with cold winters ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Lake of the Woods County ⓘ
geographicFeature	peninsula extending into Lake of the Woods ⓘ
governingBody	Lake of the Woods County government ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Manitoba ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
hasFeature	forested landscape ⓘ resorts and fishing lodges ⓘ seasonal cabins ⓘ
hasProperty	popular for fishing tourism ⓘ popular for hunting and outdoor recreation ⓘ remote location ⓘ road access requires passing through Canada ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
isExclaveOf	Minnesota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
knownFor	being a geographic exclave of the U.S. ⓘ being the northernmost point of the contiguous United States ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the United States customs territory ⓘ subject to Minnesota state law ⓘ
locatedIn	Lake of the Woods County ⓘ surface form: Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota Lake of the Woods region ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	Lake of the Woods ⓘ
namedAfter	its position at the northwest angle of Lake of the Woods ⓘ
nearestMajorWaterBody	Lake of the Woods ⓘ
partOf	Northwest Angle, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Angle Township, Minnesota contiguous United States in terms of landmass definition ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	very low permanent population ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	hospitality services ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
region	Northern Minnesota ⓘ
separatedFrom	rest of Minnesota by Lake of the Woods ⓘ
state	Minnesota ⓘ
timezone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	boat landings on Lake of the Woods ⓘ local roads connected via Manitoba Highway network ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake of the Woods → hasNearbyCommunity → Northwest Angle, Minnesota ⓘ

Northwest Angle, Minnesota → partOf → Northwest Angle, Minnesota self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Angle Township, Minnesota

Big Island → hasNearbySettlement → Northwest Angle, Minnesota ⓘ

subject surface form: Big Island (Lake of the Woods)

this entity surface form: Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Big Island → hasNearbyPoliticalDivision → Northwest Angle, Minnesota ⓘ