The Northwest Angle is that land of Minnesota north of the 49th parallel Latitude line.

Northwest Angle 33 First Nation (population 454)

Northwest Angle 37 First Nation (population 338)

The present conflict in the story occurs in late 1986, in the Northwest Angle of northern Minnesota.

(See extreme points of the United States and Northwest Angle.)

The name of the forest is from its location near the Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the contiguous United States.

A geographical oversight resulted in the creation of the Northwest Angle.

Another clarification made in this treaty resulted in clarifying the anomaly of the Northwest Angle.

The Northwest Angle is the northernmost part of the contiguous United States.

William Kent Krueger's novel Northwest Angle (2011) is set in the area.