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This short documentary vignette reveals the curious origin of the name of Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon, Tina Horne, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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I understand :) smelterrat, 5 Dec 2011
I understand :)
I was born in Flin Flon in the middle of WWII. Zinc for the war effort. Save your silver paper gum wrappers for the war effort. Sewer box tobogann runs. No one would understand. Phantom Lake and porcupines in the back yard. Smelter Smoke! Jakespeare, 30 Nov 2011
I was born in Flin Flon in the middle of WWII. Zinc for the war effort. Save your silver paper gum wrappers for the war effort. Sewer box tobogann runs. No one would understand. Phantom Lake and porcupines in the back yard. Smelter Smoke!
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