Flin Flon

Flin Flon
Flin Flon City Hall
Location in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Flin Flon
State :	Canada
Provinces :	Manitoba , Saskatchewan
Coordinates :	54 ° 46 ′  N , 101 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 46 ′  N , 101 ° 52 ′  W
Height :	299  m
Area :	11.55 km²
Residents :	5185 (as of 2016)
Population density :	448.9 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Postal code :	R8A
Area code :	+1 204
Foundation :	1927
Mayor :	George Fontaine
Website :	www.cityofflinflon.ca
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Flin Flon (officially: City of Flin Flon ) is a mining town on the border of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan .

Most of the metropolitan area is in Manitoba. The name of the city goes back to the fictional character Josiah Flintabbety Flonatin from the booklet The Sunless City by JE Preston Muddock .

history

In 1927 Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting (HBM & S) established a mining settlement here to develop the area 's large copper and zinc deposits . A year later the place received a rail connection . In the 1930s, the city grew rapidly, as the world economic crisis affected farmers to make a living as miners searched, and 1933, the settlement gained the municipality status . In 1970 Flin Flon was finally granted town charter .

economy

By far the greatest number of employees still work in mining at HBM & S. In addition to other jobs in retail and hospitality , the city also offers work for some long-distance drivers . Prairie Plant Systems has been growing cannabis for medicinal purposes in Flin Flon since 2002 .

sons and daughters of the town

Film director Roger Avary and ice hockey players Ken Baumgartner , Bobby Clarke , Ralph Backstrom , Ernie Wakely and Dean Evason were born in the town.

Web links

Commons : Flin Flon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Flin Flons Employee Statistics ( April 7, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive ) on the Manitoba community information pages .