Fur trade Era
Flin Flon ore body discovery
Significant People
Construction
Life, Work, Strike
100

The fort on Amisk Lake

What is Fort Henry

100

He was the Metis man who showed Creighton the outcropping of ore that led to the Flin Flon mine.

Who is David Collins

100

He could "smell out a mine from 5 miles away"

Who is Hammell

100

This could do the work of 200 horses

What is The Linn Tractor

100
Labourers at the mine made this much an hour

What is 42 cents

200

The Fur trading company that had a fort on Amisk Lake

What is the Northwest Company

200

Creighton, the Mosher brothers, the Dion brothers and Milligan were also known as this.

What is the Original Six

200

He became ill before the profits of the Flin Flon mine were fully realized, prompting his partners to cash out their shares in order to keep their word to their friend that he would die with money.

Who is Dan Mosher

200

Users of the railroad had to do this at when boarding at the Pas

What is sign a waiver

200

The hours of a typical work day at the Flin Flon mine

What is 10-16 hours (seven days a week)

300

For many years it was believed that the rock in our area was of little commercial value until blasting started for the construction of this.

What is the Railroad/Canadian Pacific Railroad

300
This structure commemerates Creighton and his important contribution to our area.  It is located on a street corner right beside Creighton School
What is a cairn
300

The wealthy family that incorporated HBMNS

Who is the The Whitney Family

300

The name of the Hydro Electric plant that powered Flin Flon

What is Island Falls

300

The union workers started to quietly join in 1934

What is the Mine Workers Union of Canada

400

The name of the town-site location of this important gold rush on Amisk Lake

What is Beaver City

400

They were the names underwhich the Flin Flon ore body was registered

What is Apex and Unique

400

He managed mining projects for his rich employers

Who is Channing

400

The first Royal Bank in town was made of these

What are dog houses

400

The company management refused to negotiate with workers, labeling them as this

What are communists

500

The outbreak of WWI and the discovery of these kinds of mines led to the end of the gold rush on Amisk Lake.

What is copper/copper-rich

500

This is what Collins would have called the lake that stood aproximately where the open-pit is today.

What is Fish Pole Lake

500

His nickname was "Sonny" 

Cornelius Vanderbuilt Whitney

500

His business was nicknamed the "fall-in" because of the challenges of having buildings sink in muskeg on Main Street.

Who is Jack Freedman/Freedmans

500

The mayor called for strike-breaking police to come to Flin Flon, fearing a violent incident like the one in this Saskatchewan mining-town

What is Estevan

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