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  Flin Flon, Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flin Flon was founded in 1927 by the firm Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting which exploited the large copper and zinc supplies in the region.
Flin Flon is the birthplace of hockey legend Bobby Clarke, and is home to the Flin Flon Bombers ice hockey team.
Flin Flon shares with Tarzana, California the distinction of being named after a character in a science fiction novel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flin_Flon,_Manitoba   (714 words)

  
 Flin Flon
The City of Flin Flon, which is built on the rocks, is a thriving mining community and a vacationer’s destination nestled in the middle of nature’s magnificence.
The community of Flin Flon was formed in 1929 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1933.
Flin Flon became a town in 1946 and was granted the status of city in 1970.
www.norman-rha.mb.ca /FlinFlon.htm   (322 words)

  
 Flin Flon Manitoba, A City Built on Rock
The city of Flin Flon is the major mining community in Northwestern Manitoba, and northeastern Saskatchewan.
Flin Flon is proud of being the only city in the world named after a science-fiction character.
The Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce had the statue constructed in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Flintabatty Flonatin now resides in the Flin Flon Tourist Park at the entrance to the City on Hwy #10A.
www.flinflon.net /flinflon/main.htm   (993 words)

  
 Flin Flon, Manitoba - Uncyclopedia
The City of Flin Flon was founded in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Midland, Texas based company for the production of medicinal marijuana.
Flin Flon today is twinned with the Scottish town of Clackmannan.
Flin Flon was the birthplace of hockey player Bobby Clarke, and film director Roger Avary.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Flin_Flon,_Manitoba   (765 words)

  
 Flin Flon, Canada
Flin Flon was founded in the late 1920s by mining firms eager to exploit the large copper and zinc supplies in the region.
Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon company for the production of Medicinal Marijuana.
Prairie Plant Systems is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and has used an inactive underground copper/zinc drift owned by the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company to produce approximately 400 kilograms of Medicinal Marijuana annually.
creekin.net /c2475-n33-flin-flon-canada.html   (411 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Flin Flon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is a mining and smelting center in a region producing copper, zinc, silver, gold, and cadmium; it also serves a lumbering and fishing area.
Flin Flon green-up: Citizens are restoring a mine-blasted landscape.
Flin Flon expansion.(SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors' contract with Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting for zinc plant expansion in Manitoba, Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FlinFlon.asp   (180 words)

  
 Flin Flon Campus Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Flin Flon Regional Centre is located in the picturesque City of Flin Flon, Manitoba, a major mining community located in northwestern Manitoba, adjacent to the Saskatchewan and Manitoba border.
Flin Flon is approximately 800 kilometers (480 miles) northwest of Manitoba's capital city of Winnipeg.
The Flin Flon Regional Centre has a small classroom setting with experienced instructors who are able to instruct on a more personal level.
www.keewatincc.mb.ca /locations/flinflon.html   (178 words)

  
 Flin Flon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The City of Flin Flon is located 743 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg and is situated along the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Access to Flin Flon is along paved Highway 10 and Highway 106.
Flin Flon is a mining community and was settled and built on the rich deposits of zinc, copper, silver, and gold found in the region.
www.mmfthepas.com /page.asp?page_id=38   (162 words)

  
 FLIN FLON TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is the intention and purpose of the parties to this Agreement to provide a basis for the parties to improve the professional services rendered to the students of the Flin Flon School Division and to enhance the working relationship between the Division and the members of the Association.
Such leave shall be for a maximum period of two (2) months in the case of campaigning, or in the case of his/her election, up to a maximum of two (2) years.
Signed and agreed at Flin Flon, Manitoba this __________ day of _______________ 2003, on behalf of the respective offices of the Flin Flon School Division and the Flin Flon Teachers Association.
www.mbteach.org /cbs/agreements/2003/flinf_03/print_html   (5356 words)

  
 Flin Flon
Clarke, Bobby - Clarke, Bobby (Robert Earle) hockey Birthplace: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Born: 8/13/49...
Saskatchewan, province, Canada: Economy and Higher Education - Economy and Higher Education Except for a semiarid section in the southwest used for grazing and an...
Flin Flon expansion.(SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors' contract with Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting for zinc plant expansion......
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 Flin Flon, Manitoba - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
7243) is a mining town on the Saskatchewan Manitoba border.
The town grew considerably during the 1930s as farmers, left impoverished by the Great Depression abandoned their famrs and came to work at the mines.
The city has continued to be a mining center, with several recent mines adding to its industry.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Flin_Flon,_Manitoba   (217 words)

  
 Flin Flon, Canada
Flin Flon lies in the middle of mountainous and very wooded country, marked by steep rocky slopes.
All round the town are stores of ore and raw materials, including gold, copper, zinc and silver, so it will come as no surprise to learn that mining is the dominant industry, the main mines being those belonging to Flin Flon Mines and the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company.
They named the place after this fictional character, and the name soon became shortened to "Flin Flon".
www.planetware.com /canada/flin-flon-cdn-mb-mbf.htm   (156 words)

  
 Flin Flon, MB News
Local news for Flin Flon, MB continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
A former lawyer from Flin Flon, Manitoba has pleaded guilty in a Prince Albert court to drug charges.
Trading Symbol: PSM-TSX VANCOUVER, March 16 /CNW/ - Pioneer Metals Corporation is pleased to announce recent exploration activities on its mineral properties in Manitoba, and the acquisition of new claims at...
www.topix.net /ca/flin-flon-mb?scoring=d   (593 words)

  
 Job List: 8 Jobs in Flin Flon, Manitoba - MedHunters
The communities of The Pas and Flin Flon are the major centres for health care delivery.
A thriving mining city located in spectacular Canadian Shield terrain, Flin Flon is as interesting as the origin of its name ….
Location: Borders Hudson Bay and Nunavut in the north, the provinces of Saskatchewan to the west and Ontario to the east, and the states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.
www.medhunters.com /queryResult/jobQuery/flinFlonMbCan/page1.html   (631 words)

  
 Flin Flon home for sale by owner. Flin Flon, Saskatchewan FSBO house for sale.
This is a section of high quality farm land located approximately one mile north of Wilkie Saskatchewan.
Listing your Flin Flon home for sale by owner is quick and easy.
In as little as 10 minutes you could be selling your Flin Flon home for sale by owner on-line.
www.homesellcanada.com /SK/Flin_Flon.cfm   (287 words)

  
 Minerals and Mineral Collecting
The guidebook "Rocks and minerals for the collector; La Ronge-Creighton, Saskatchewan; Flin Flon-Thompson, Manitoba," published by Ann Sabina of the Geological Survey of Canada (see reference list below) refers to localities along the old road, which is still accessible on foot from the new highway.
Prospecting (including gold panning) undertaken as a recreation or for reconnaissance does not require a licence or the staking of any claims and may be done over any Crown lands that are not already covered by dispositions (claims) belonging to other people or companies, or by Crown or Indian Reservations.
The user would have to seek permission from Saskatchewan Environment and also possibly their federal counterparts particularly for the North Saskatchewan River (which, because it is classed as a navigable waterway comes under some federal controls).
www.ir.gov.sk.ca /Default.aspx?DN=3570,3539,3538,3385,2936,Documents   (1039 words)

  
 Northern Saskatchewan Wolf, Flin Flon, Saskatchewan | Canada Photo Series
There is some discussion about exactly which subspecies of wolf resides in Northern Saskatchewan - whether it is the Manitoba Wolf (Canis Lupus Griseoalbus) or the Hudson’s Bay Wolf (Canis Lupus Hudsonicus), or just the ordinary Grey Wolf (Canis Lupus).
Usually hunting at night, they feed primarily on large mammals by chasing down their victims either slashing tendons or driving it back to waiting pack members.
View a map of Flin Flon, Saskatchewan on Google Maps.
www.canadaphotoseries.com /saskatchewan/flin-flon   (147 words)

  
 Diamond Exploration: Flin Flon Region
In view of a recent kimberlite discovery in the Wekusko Lake area and active diamond prospecting during the past 5 years in north-central Manitoba, a reconnaissance kimberlite indicator mineral sampling program was carried out as part of a regional surficial mapping and drift prospecting project centred in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake area.
This project was initiated in 1991 under the NATMAP Shield Margin Program by the Geological Survey of Canada.
In addition to the 60 samples collected in the Wekusko Lake area, 100 large bulk till samples collected on the Paleozoic cover over the entire study area in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and 45 till samples collected in the Amisk Lake area, Saskatchewan, were recently analysed for kimberlite indicator minerals.
gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /diamonds/flinflon/index_e.php   (388 words)

  
 Flin Flon on 43 Places
Flin Flon, Manitoba (or Saskatchewan, since it’s a border town!), my home town, often just pegged as a generic hicksville, is really quite beautiful in all four seasons The people are friendly, the scenery is great and … well, okay, the nightlife isn’t exactly pumping, but we’ve got comfortable bars and great camping.
Don’t forget the nearby towns of Creighton (less than 5 minutes away), Saskatchewan, or Denare Beach (about 20 minutes), Saskatchewan, with excellent tourist attractions such as sparkling lakes (in the summer), fantastic skidooing (in the winter) and all sorts of fun in between.
Not a tourist attraction, but a tourist distraction, people come to Flin Flon to visit family or to go through to another town or for some other obscure reason, but they stay for a multitude of other reasons.
www.43places.com /places/view/239238   (363 words)

  
 Flin Flon - MSN Encarta
Flin Flon, city in western Manitoba, Canada, on Ross Lake, at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border.
Flin Flon is a commercial and smelting center for the...
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 Our Pastor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Since their marriage in 1979, Lyndon and Sandra Cramer have served congregations in Imperial, Saskatchewan; Flin Flon, Manitoba; Regina, Saskatchewan; and Consul, Saskatchewan.
Before their move to Medicine Hat, Pastor Cramer spent five years in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as President if International Bible College.
After approximately nine years of pastoral ministry, he returned to Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Saskatchewan where he received his Masters of Religious Education Degree in 1987.
www.cofg.ca /medicinehat/ourpastor.html   (195 words)

  
 Flin Flon, MB Press Releases
CALGARY, AB -- -- 03/01/2006 -- Leader Mining International Inc. is pleased to report that the Corporation has filed its restated audited annual financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2002 and 2003,...
Huntingdon Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a single tenant retail property located in Flin Flon, Manitoba.
FLIN FLON, MB, Aug. 24 /CNW/ - United Steelworkers' Western Canada Director Steve Hunt says the recent decision by Associate Chief Judge Jeffrey Oliphant dismissing Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting's application...
www.topix.net /ca/flin-flon-mb/pr   (416 words)

  
 Jan Lake Lodge Saskatchewan - west of Flin Flon Manitoba, Canada
Jan Lake Lodge Saskatchewan - west of Flin Flon Manitoba, Canada
Jan Lake is 50 miles west of Flin Flon Manitoba.
We are a drive-in camp located on Highway 135-off the PAVED Highway 106 in Saskatchewan.
www.janlakelodge.com /ol.html   (101 words)

  
 Flin Flon Minor Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For further information about Minor Hockey in Flin Flon, contact
Copyright © 2003 Flin Flon Bombers Hockey Club.
Flin Flon Bombers Logo is a Registered Trademark.
www.bombers.ca /minorhockey.php   (72 words)

  
 denare1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1937, the subdivision of the present community of Denare Beach took place.
The community quickly became a resort area following the construction of a roadway to the mining center of Flin Flon.
When Saskatchewan Parks became responsible for the area they changed the name from Amisk or Beaver to Denare Beach.
www.quantumlynx.com /denarebeach/denare1.htm   (195 words)

  
 M2 Presswire: SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT: Flin Flon/Creighton community receives Internet access and training grant.@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT: Flin Flon/Creighton community receives Internet access and training grant.
Northern Affairs Minister Keith Goulet, on behalf of Judy Bradley, minister responsible for the Status of Women, today presented a Flin Flon/Creighton community organization with a grant to enable them to access the Internet and train members to use the new communications technologies.
The Flin Flon/Creighton Crisis Centre will receive $7,000 from the Women's Organizations On Line...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:53007198&refid=ink_tptd_np   (170 words)

  
 Adult Female Bald Eagle 832 - Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota
832 04/17/00 57.191N 103.349W N of Flin Flon, Saskatchewan Canada
832 05/18/00 57.160N 103.413W N of Flin Flon, Saskatchewan Canada
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu /raptor/info/baldeagle/banded/adultfemale.html   (101 words)

  
 Saskatchewan, Canada Map & Placename Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Local Map of Fond du Lac, Saskatchewan, Canada
Local Map of La Loche West, Saskatchewan, Canada
Local Map of Saint Cyr Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
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 Flin Flon Service Canada Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
111 Main Street, Flin Flon, Manitoba, R8A 1J9
Cranberry Portage, Creighton, Denare Beach, Flin Flon, Pukatawagan, Sherridon, Snow Lake
- Student Loan Applications for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
www.hrsdc.gc.ca /cgi-bin/hr-display.cgi?rc=4235&ln=e   (46 words)

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