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This municipality is named for the character of Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin 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.
Present Status
City of Flin Flon (26 June 1970)
Incorporation History
Municipal District of Flin Flon (15 August 1933)
Town of Flin Flon (13 April 1946)Adjoining Municipalities
None
Land Area (square km)
13.88
Year
Total
1951
9899
1956
10234
1961
10546
1966
9674
1971
8873
1976
8152
1981
7894
1986
7243
1991
7119
1996
6572
2001
6000
2006
5594
2011
5405
2016
4991
2021
4940
Term
Mayor
1933-1934
Ernest Edward Foster (1882-1955)
1934-1936
George Baskerville Mainwaring (1893-1969)
1936-1938
George Wellington Evans (1904-1983)
1938-1940
Peter McSheffrey (?-?)
1940-1943
Orson F. Wright (1903-1973)
1943-1952
Cyril Steventon (1900-1967)
1952-1956
Jack Freedman (c1889-1976)
1956-1960
Frank Dembinsky
1960-1962
Jack Freedman (c1889-1976)
1962-1964
Jim R. Conner (?-?)
1964-1970
Jack Freedman (c1889-1976)
1970-1974
Dr. Edward Yauck
1974-1977
Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)
1977-1978
Howard K. Abrahamson
1978-1980
?
1980-1986
Nazir Ahmad
1986-1987
P. Bruce Keddie
1987-1992
Gordon Mitchell (c1923-2007)
1992-1998
Graham Craig (1931-2020)
1998-2005
Dennis Ballard
2005-2006
?
2006-?
Tom Therien
?-2014
George Fontaine
2014-2022
Cal Huntley
2022-?
George Fontaine
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Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 October 2022
