. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . Buildings, Universit\. TflE STATE OF f^Ij^jSESOTA The location of Minnesota is very nearly the center of the American continent, and equidistantfrom the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitobabound it on the north, the Red River and the Territory of Dakota on the west, Iowa on the south, andthe Mississippi River and Lake Superior on the east. It has an area of 84,287 square miles, or about54,760,000 acres, and is therefore larger t
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . Buildings, Universit\. TflE STATE OF f^Ij^jSESOTA The location of Minnesota is very nearly the center of the American continent, and equidistantfrom the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitobabound it on the north, the Red River and the Territory of Dakota on the west, Iowa on the south, andthe Mississippi River and Lake Superior on the east. It has an area of 84,287 square miles, or about54,760,000 acres, and is therefore larger than the six New England States and nearly equal to Indianaand Illinois combined. Its greatest length, from north to south, is 380 miles, and its greatest extension,east and west, 350 miles. It lies betwfen latitude 43° 30 and 49° 27, and between longitude 89° 29and 97° 12. Except the mountain districts, it is the highest land on the continent, and the sourcesof the three great water courses of North America are within its borders. Its mean elevation abovethe ocean level is 1,200 feet. Though far from the sea, it is the best watere
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