Talk:Lake of the Woods

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The following comments about the quality and importance of this article have been left: (edit – history – watch – refresh) There is lots of information about history, governance, operation of dams controlling Lake of the Woods at the web site of the Canadian Lake of the Woods Control Board (www.lwcb.ca). Teffy 18:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

• The facts and figures regarding this lake are surprisingly difficult to nail down. In fact, many references have conflicting details. The Infobox contains as much information as I could glean from the internet in 30 minutes. If anyone has further info from more reliable sources, please feel free contribute! Please remember to post your references. Em3rald 05:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 History of Lake of the woods 2 Enclave or exclave? 3 "Canadian" fishing licence 4 Source of Information

[edit] History of Lake of the woods

why the heck does minnesota have that little tip...there's no explanation on this page! Why doesnt the border just cut across the lake like the rest of the us-canada border??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.155.136 (talk) 05:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

The Northwest Angle was overlooked when the 49th was agreed on, and the US got that little nub on the west side of the lake. I agree that it should be added to the article, I can't think of where it should go, however. Vidioman 12:23, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enclave or exclave?

Is the small piece of US territory cut off from the rest of the US an enclave or and exclave?

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[edit] "Canadian" fishing licence

Regarding this excerpt from the article: "The Canadian government offers a great deal on a non-resident tourism license valid for eight days. If you will spend time fishing in both Minnesota and Canada, you must be licensed in both jurisdictions."

Fishing licences are not in federal jurisdiction; only provinces issue fishing licences. The passage should probably refer to Ontario, or maybe Ontario and Manitoba, but since I don't know the source for the statement I am reluctant to correct it. Indefatigable 03:37, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

"Offers a great deal" is also POV, and should be fixed. I don't know the facts either, so I won't touch it for now. Also, I'm pretty sure there have been disputes between Minnesota and Ontario regarding fishing regulations on the lake which might be worth mentioning in the article, but again, I don't have the details handy. thx1138 09:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source of Information

The Canadian Lake of the Woods Control Board (LWCB) has the responsibility of directing the operation of the dams at the outlets of Lake of the Woods into the Winnipeg River whenever Lake of the Woods is within a certain range of elevations agreed by Canada and the United States. The International Lake of the Woods Control Board has responsibility for operation outside of that range. The LWCB has a lot of information on its web site (www.lwcb.ca), including history, legislation, historical levels and more. Teffy 18:35, 17 August 2007 (UTC)