Historic Sites of Manitoba: Flin Flon Station Museum (Flin Flon)

This museum in the City of Flin Flon is based in a former railway station. A municipally-designated historic site, it contains artifacts relating to the mining history of this region.

Also on the museum grounds is a large statue of the fictional character of Flintabbatey Flonatin. Erected in 1962 on a design by cartoonist Al Capp, “Flinty” commemorates an adventurer in the 1914 novel The Sunless City by E. Preston Muddock. A copy of the book was discovered by a group of prospectors. They later found a conical hole in this vicinity that proved to contain a large amount of gold, reminiscent of a gold-studded hole through which Flonatin escaped from an underground lake. Recalling the novel, prospector Tom Creighton suggested they name the place Flin Flon.

Flin Flon Station Museum (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Flintabbatey Flonatin Statue (July 2013) Source: Alan Mason Site Location (lat/long): N54.77047, W101.83985 denoted by symbol on the map above

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A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites, revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages.

This page was prepared by Alan Mason and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 December 2015

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