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Sharing its northern border with Canada, Minnesota is a patchwork of lakes and rivers, forests and croplands. Glaciers scraping slowly across North America eons ago created the many bodies of water that give Minnesota the nickname "Land of 10,000 Lakes." There are actually many more than that, and it is not surprising that two popular recreation areas in the state focus on water: the North Shore, which curves around the western edge of lake Superior, and the Boundary-Waters Canoe Area, a federally protected wilderness. Read more about Minnesota,
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