The City of Flin Flon, which is built on the rocks, is a thriving mining community and a vacationer’s destination nestled in the middle of nature’s magnificence. Located on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border north of the 54th parallel, the Flin Flon area is part of the Precambrian Amisk Volcanic Belt. This belt was formed millions of years ago by underwater volcanic eruptions and is the source of the vast mineral deposits in the Flin Flon area including zinc, copper, silver and gold.

The discovery of the initial Flin Flon ore body occurred in 1915. This makes Flin Flon the oldest surviving community in the area that is still actively engaged in mining. The community of Flin Flon was formed in 1929 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1933. Flin Flon became a town in 1946 and was granted the status of city in 1970. A Mayor and Council govern the City of Flin Flon.

There are a number of people living in the outlying areas of Channing, Big Island and Baker’s Narrows Provincial Park that access Flin Flon for both services and employment and consider themselves Flin Flon residents.

Flin Flon, a community of 6,338 (Statistics Canada, 2001 Census and Saskatchewan Health, 2002) shares an economic base with two separate and distinct Saskatchewan communities: Creighton and Denare Beach. The Town of Creighton is located 3 kilometers south west of Flin Flon, and has a population of 1,790 (Saskatchewan Health, 2002). The Northern Village of Denare Beach, a community of 765 (Saskatchewan Health, 2002) and the Amiskosakahikan Reserve are approximately 18 kilometers south of Creighton. These communities have their own local and provincial governance structure, but this does not stop them from working together and sharing resources.

The City of Flin Flon also provides various services to a number of other northeastern Saskatchewan communities, including Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation population 2453, Pelican Narrows population 1470 and Sandy Bay population 1124 (Saskatchewan Health, 2002).

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