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The general public is invited to the unveiling of a unique piece of the local region's history to take place this Friday at the Flin Flon Library. A bronze plaque that has stood for the past 75 years in the bush along the railway near the Sherritt Junction, just north of Cranberry Portage, will be unveiled. The plaque was erected alongside the railway by Harry Falconer McLean, known as one of the greatest construction foremen in Canadian history. It was McLean who supervised the building of the rail line into Flin Flon in 1928. At the completion of the project, he erected a four-sided stone cairn and attached bronze plaques onto it, to honour his workers. Over the years, only one of the bronze plaques has stood the test of time and the ravage of vandals. To ensure the safety of this piece of history, it has now been brought out of the bush, and is under the care of the Flin Flon Archives group. It will be unveiled for the public for the first time on Friday, July 2, at 2 p.m. at the Flin Flon Library.
