RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Province of Manitoba >> Flin FlonIndex...

Welcome to Flin Flon ...

The city of Flin Flon was established in 1927.

When the people of Flin Flon refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Flin Floner<1>

Flin Flon is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Flin Flon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).

Note: If you leave Flin Flon and travel south, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Central Standard Time Zone (CST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Flin Flon: 204, 431 & 584<3>

Communities Also Named Flin Flon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Flin Flon - it's located in Saskatchewan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Flin Flon.

Websites for Flin Flon ...

Official Website:   www.flinflon.net/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cityofflinflon.com/

Communities near Flin Flon ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Flin Flon.

  • Denare Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Schist Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Millwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranberry Portage
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Heming Lake
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flin Flon ...

Looking for more information about Flin Flon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Flin Flon, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Flin Flon.

Adding Flin Flon to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Flin Flon was on a map titled Road Map for Manitoba and Saskatchewan (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flin Flon.

Footnotes ...

<1>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Flin Flon refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a city's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Flin Flon may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flin Flon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 204 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 431 or 584. New phone numbers in the Flin Flon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 204, 431 or 584. As a result, placing a call in the Flin Flon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.