I grew up in northern Minnesota, and hope that you find the following description of God's Country useful. Cheers, Dave This image stretches from Ontario, Canada, at the top, to northwestern Wisconsin in the lower right, and shows northeastern Minnesota in the center and lower left. Minnesota occupies most of the image. The bold line that runs across the upper half of the image marks the international boundary.
Lake Superior juts into the image from the right, like a hand in profile.
The Apostle Isles lie between the thumb and forefinger. Michigan's upper peninsula is barely visible on the southeastern shore of Lake Superior. Perhaps the most striking feature of the image is the plethora of lakes. Red Lake mostly lies within the Red Lake Indian Reservation, and the area between Red Lake and Lake of the Woods is a single, giant bog full of mosquitoes in the spring and summer, geese in the fall, snowmobiles in the winter, and tamaracks and jack pines year round. Along the international border lies the Boundary Waters, a spectacular land of exposed, glacier-scoured granite and thousands of interconnected lakes.