It would be the closest as the massive glaciers in that area melted and retreated. Freed from the enormous weight of ice, the land level gradually rose over several thousand years and the waters simply drained off into the ocean, leaving what is now Lake Champlain and a few river valleys.
Because of their high rate of mutation. They also can be hard to track because they infuse their DNA into your body cell DNA and can lay dormant and undetected for years.
If a state has no minimum wage law or its minimum wage is lower than the federal law, workers are entitled to the federal wage. If a state's minimum wage is higher than the federal one, workers are entitled to the state-specific wage