Cairns and Monuments of Our Community 2
This Cairn was erected in 1965 in the shadow of North Main Shaft to honour the Pioneers.
When North Main Shaft was demolished, the Sheave Wheel from the top of the headframe
was set aside and donated to the Station Museum where it rests today as shown above.
Today when you look at the Cairn, you can see that North Main Shaft no longer exists. The flowers
are gone and the maintenance of ground and Cairn do not receive the same level of care that it once did.
Mining today, like many other industries are experiencing leaner times.
Here is the plaque that was placed on the Cairn to honour the folks
who went before us and the future which they built.
In 2016 at Flinty's Birthday Party, a rock and 2 plaques were unveiled at the local Station Museum.
This plaque honours the fact that our Community has been involved in Mining for 100 years.
This is a great mile stone for any Mining Community.
This plaque basically outlines a very valent part of Flin Flon's Mining History.
This is referred to as the Neighbours of the North Park which rests on the Saskatchewan - Manitoba
Border. These flowers that are part of this Monument are Local and Provincial flowers designed
and built by John Evans of Denare Beach, Sask. A job well done.
This Monument was erected in the above Park in honour of David Collins.
The above inscription is the Plaque placed on the David Collins Monument as he was one of
the co-finders responsibility for the Flin Flon Ore Body development.
Flin Flon Board Walk.
This Cairn was erected in honour of one of the driving forces behind the development of the
Board Walk.
This Cairn rests on a Viewpoint to honour an individual who provided our Community
with a great deal of Public Service by the name of Del Baird. We thank her for
a job well done.
This is the Submarine which is referred to in the Novel called The Sunless City by
J. E. Preston Muddock. It was also the work of John Evans from Denare Beach, Sask.
who designed and built the Submarine.
The Joe Brain Foundation has contributed many dollars to projects in our Community such
as the Petting Zoo shown above and Flinty's Board Walk.
JOSEPH MARCEL BRAIN
1895 - 1977
A world Traveller in his youth, an adventurous man of Ukrainian decent, whose wanderings finally
took him to Northern Manitoba and his destiny. Here, as an amateur geologist and prospector he
discovered Flexar and Birch Lake Mines and forever left his mark as one of Flin Flon's
outstanding citizens.
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