It's far too small, both in population and size, to be a state, much less a republic. From a practical standpoint, it should have gone to Canada.
I really don't know much about the area, but aren't the people living there predominantly Native American? Would either the US or Canada want an independent republic populated thus?
You should probably have defined what the Northwest Angle is, instead of forcing people to look it up on wikipedia.
I really don't know much about the area, but aren't the people living there predominantly Native American? Would either the US or Canada want an independent republic populated thus?
United States Census Bureau said:The racial makeup of the township was 99.34% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population.
Sorry for the suffering I have caused in making you open a new tab and type a name in a search box.
Most people, when they make threads asking about relatively obscure terms, places, or events, provide links to explain what they're asking about so that people can just pop in, click the link, read a bit & then respond with something other than "what's X?".
Plus, there are mobile users, and while I'm not sure, I'm pretty sure that it's easier for them to just click a link, read a bit & go back to the thread rather than go to Wikipedia themselves, then re-navigate back to the thread.
They should be part of Canada!I live in the north west! Lancashire and Cumberland should be Independant states in a greater federal Britain.
A large portion of the Northwest Angle is part of a larger Indian Reservation, but I don't think anyone lives in that specific part.