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By: Fay Thompson

Fay Thompson — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:48:23 +0000

Hi
I was born in flin flon, manitoba in 1945.
My father Clarence worked in the mine in
the late 40′s and other jobs there. My family
on my mother’s side were also there BOYES>
If interested on some infro that I remember
you can email me>
fay

By: Thea

Thea — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:42:40 +0000

I have been looking at websites of Flin Flon, because I plan to travel there this summer.
My father lived there in the late 20′s, early 30′s.
I have a photo album from him from his time there. I just read that they are celebrating Flin Flon’s 75th anniversary at the end of June.
Go and help celebrate!

By: Barry Floch

Barry Floch — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:31:57 +0000

I am a documentary filmmaker researching for a project about Flin Flon, and would be interested in contacting the author of this piece or any else who has stories about Flin Flon

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:51:19 +0000

I grew up in a samll town in norhern illinois in the 1970s. every summer my fahther packed us in the family station wagon and we would spend the next two dasy driving northm through the Dakotas, WInnipeg, DAupen and then alas we would spend 10 glorious dasy fishing in FLin FLon Canada(birthplace of Bobby CLArke as a large sign informs on on FLin FLon. There is a great huge statue of the hero whose name inspired this town. The Westwood Lodge in FLin FLon was a wonderous place to explore the natural beauty of this great place. You really owe it to yourself to make the trek to FLin FLon, you wont be disapointed…PAul

By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:31:20 +0000

Hi! Thanks for your post.

I haven’t read the book, but I’ve done some online looking for a copy. I thought it would make a neat present for my Mom (or for myself). I’m actually quite curious about Flin Flon. I will have to visit some time. Is it true the government grows medicinal marijuana at the bottom of one of the old mineshafts? And is there still a golf course (my grandmother remembers this) played entirely on rock?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:19:32 +0000

Coming from Flin Flon (or rather, Creighton, which is the town right beside Flin Flon, named after Tom Creighton, who was the actual prospector who discovered Flin Flon), I’d have to say I’m amused by your interest in our town name. Have you actually read the book? Apparently, the book was not very well written, but if you should want to read it, the library in Flin Flon should have a copy. I take pride in the fact that our town was named after a science fiction character.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:12:07 +0000

Would it were that simple, my anonymous friend. It’s true, I’m unlikely to be physically ejected, but without a green card I cannot, how do you say, steal one of your American jobs. Being married to an American makes getting a green card easier, but there is still a mountain of paper work to do and hoops to jump through.

By: dreamsanon

dreamsanon — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:50:32 +0000

Now you’ve got great material for The Great Canadian Novel (well, Flin Flonian novel?). I love stories like this – where the truth is not only odder than fiction, but actually incorporates some trashy fiction, too.

And, yeah, your mom is cool.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:12:26 +0000

Here’s what I don’t get — aren’t you married to a US citizen? And doesn’t that mean you can’t get kicked out? Or were you just being sarcastic?

By: robotnik

robotnik — Thu, 04 Dec 2003 07:16:18 +0000

It occurs to me that, based on the book they found, the miners could have named the town “Preston-Muddock” or “Sunless City” instead. Small mercies.

“I, I, I, ain’t gonna play Sunless City…”