Flintdale is an

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and railway point in

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Selwyn Township in Unorganized North

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in northeastern

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. It is on a now abandoned portion of the

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main line originally constructed as the

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main line, between the railway points of Blanche to the west and Wilgar to the east, east southeast of where the line crossed the

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. It is on the Flint River, part of the

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, which flows via the Kenogami River and

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to James Bay.

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