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Flin Flon, Manitoba-Saskatchewan (pop. 7243) is a Canadian mining city on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. It is located at 54°46′N 101°51′W. Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples, strength) Official languages English Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 14 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 7th 651,036 km² 9. ...
Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 14 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 8th 647,797 km² 14. ...
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. A rail line reached the mine in 1928, and HBM&S invested in railway, mine, smelter, and a 101 megawatt hydroelectric power plant at Island Falls, Saskatchewan in the 1920s. The town grew considerably during the 1930s as farmers, left impoverished by the Great Depression, abandoned their farms and came to work at the mines. The municipality was incorporated January 1, 1933 and since 1970 the community has been a city. The city has continued to be a mining center, with the development of several mines adding to its industrial base. With a scenic setting and a number of nearby lakes, Flin Flon has also become a moderately popular tourist destination. Image File history File links FlinFlon_Stack. ...
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1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ...
Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ...
Island Falls is a hydroelectric power station operated by SaskPower, a Saskatchewan crown corporation. ...
Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
// Events and trends A public speech by Benito Mussolini, founder of the Fascist movement The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ...
The Great Depression was a massive economic recession (or depression) that started in 1929 under Republican president Herbert Hoovers first term and ended in late 30s during New Deal initiatives under Democratic president Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...
A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
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Like Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Flin Flon also straddles a provincial border, in this case, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, although only a small section of the city is located in the latter province. Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial border. ...
Zinc production usually emits large amounts of sulfur dioxide. HBM&S uses a zinc pressure leaching process which eliminates a large amount of sulfur emissions. General Name, Symbol, Number sulfur, S, 16 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 3, p Appearance lemon yellow Atomic mass 32. ...
Flin Flon is the birthplace of hockey legend Bobby Clarke. Robert Earle Clarke OC (b. ...
Origin of the Name
The town's name is taken from the lead character in a paperback novel, The Sunless City by J.E. Preston Muddock. A prospector named Tom Creighton found the book in the wilderness. The story is about a man named Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin, who piloted a submarine through a bottomless lake. Upon passing through a hole lined with gold, he found a strange underground world. James Edward Preston Muddock also known as Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock, and Dick Donovan, born May 28, 1842, died January 23, 1934. ...
When Tom Creighton discovered a rich vein of almost pure copper, he thought of the book and called it Flin Flon's mine, mercifully shortening the name.
 The statue of Flintabbety Flonatin, restored in 1989 The character of "Flinty" is of such importance to the identity of the city, that the local Chamber of Commerce commissioned the minting of a $3.00 coin, which was considered legal tender within the city during the year following its issue. A statue representing Flinty was designed by cartoonist Al Capp and is one of the points of interest of the city. Image File history File links Flinty_Statue_2. ...
Image File history File links Flinty_Statue_2. ...
Al Capp (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979) was a Jewish American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Lil Abner. ...
Marijuana production Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan based company for the production of medicinal marijuana. Saskatoon is a mid-sized city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. ...
Medical marijuana refers to the use of marijuana, a form of cannabis as a therapy or prescription drug, most notably as an anti-emetic. ...
Prairie Plant Systems, based in Saskatoon, 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. The entire operation is several hundred meters under Flin Flon for security and climate control reasons. Prairie Plant Systems is a company, established in 1988, devoted to plant based solutions. In particular, it specializes in biosecure underground growth chambers. ...
Drift mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal, by cutting into the side of the earth, rather than tunneling. ...
Medicinal marijuana is only available in Canada with a doctor's prescription. Canadian users of medicinal marijuana in must agree to provide information to Health Canada for research purposes. The Department of Health, also referred to as Health Canada, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health. ...
Since the original stock of marijuana seeds were obtained from Royal Canadian Mounted Police drug raids, there was some lack of consistency in the early crops of medicinal marijuana. After selective use of seeds from the first crop, subsequent generations have shown to have a more consistent quality. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Coat of arms. ...
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