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The Flin Flon area is filled with so many intriguing tidbits, it's been said that one would have to live to be over 100 to hear them all. Here is but a small sampling, as they appear in the new Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach Visitor's Guide: The statue of Flintabbatey Flonatin was constructed in 1962. Flinty is made of fibreglass and stands 24 feet tall. There are 16 active churches in Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach. HBMS is Canada's fourth-largest copper and zinc producer. To the end of 2003, the company had operated 29 separate mines in Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Canadian Industries Ltd., which supplied the powder for blasting Flin Flon ore, designed and donated the first crest for the Flin Flon Bombers. It remains nearly the same almost 70 years later. The Flin Flon Ski Lodge offers access to a 27-km network of trail. Flin Flon is Manitoba's sixth largest city. The Smoke Stack is 825 feet tall. The Border Explorers Snowmobile Club grooms and signs over 200 kilometres of designated trail. During the early days of Flin Flon, it apparently took 22 feet of slag to fill Main St., which was famous (or infamous) for sinking. The original hockey arena opened in 1935. It is claimed that for every dollar spent drilling at Flin Flon's first mine, Mandy Mine, over $1,250 in ore was discovered.
