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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian National Railway Station / Flin Flon Station Museum (Flin Flon)This museum in the City of Flin Flon is based in a former Canadian National Railway station built in 1934. 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.
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Sources: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: 15 June 2019
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