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Though MINNESOTA is more than a thousand miles from either coast, it's virtually a seaboard state, thanks to Lake Superior , connected to the Atlantic via the St Lawrence Seaway. The glaciers that, millions of years ago, flattened all but its southeast corner gouged out more than 15,000 lakes , and major rivers run along the eastern and western borders. Ninety-five percent of the population lives within ten minutes of a body of water, and the very name Minnesota is a Sioux word meaning "land of sky-tinted water."

More than half of Minnesota's hardy inhabitants, who endure some of the fiercest winters in the nation, live in the southeast, around the so-called Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul . These attractive and basically friendly rivals together rank as the Midwest's great civic double act for their combined cultural, recreational and business opportunities. Smaller cities include the northern shipping port of Duluth , the gateway to the Scenic Hwy-61 lakeshore drive, and Rochester , near pretty river towns like Red Wing and Winona. The tranquil waters of Voyageurs National Park lie halfway along the state's boundary with Canada.

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