Congrats to the Canadian 49th FA unit for a century of keeping Minnesota at bay

The headline on the local news story proclaims, "Celebrating 100 years on guard in Sault Ste. Marie."

I wonder what the 49th Field Artillery Regiment was guarding against? I know it
adjoins Michigan, but what if Minnesotans were trying to sneak into Canada to find
work in the wheatfields? I can see how the combination of Prince, Jesse Ventura,
and Michelle Bachman could be scary. But that towed artillery piece would look
good in a Prince show.

And who can forget the Algonquin Rifles
from which the regiment is descended? One of the great names, along with the
British army's old Royal American Regiment.