Frostbite Falls--where is it?

CarolAnne Braddock

unread,

Nov 16, 1994, 4:25:27 PM11/16/94

to

HEY ROCKY! Watch me pull a rabbit (not a winternet one, either)
outta my hat!

AGAIN?

Nothin' up my sleeve......and......PRESTO!!!!!!
Well I'll be......I got International "Frostbite" Falls!!!!

AND NOW HERE'S SOMETHING WE HOPE YOU REALLY LIKE!!!!

R. Bernstein (ro...@panix.com) wrote:
: Is Frostbite Falls, Minnesota---the home of Bullwinkle--a real place
: or is it ficticious? I once thought I saw it on a map, perhaps in a
: Wildlife refuge in Northern Minnesota, but I looked on a road atlas as
: well as the DeLorme Map Explorer and don't see it.

: If it is real, does anyone know if there is a plaque or anything
: indicating Bullwinkle?

: Many, thanks
: R. Bernstein

--
***********************************************************************
Carol Anne Braddock "Give me your tired, your poor, your old PC's..."
The TS NET
caro...@icicle.winternet.com finger caro...@winternet.com |more
***********************************************************************
The WWW Page is at http://www.winternet.com/~carolann

James Smilanich

unread,

Nov 16, 1994, 4:29:03 PM11/16/94

to

R. Bernstein (ro...@panix.com) wrote:
: Is Frostbite Falls, Minnesota---the home of Bullwinkle--a real place
: or is it ficticious? I once thought I saw it on a map, perhaps in a
: Wildlife refuge in Northern Minnesota, but I looked on a road atlas as
: well as the DeLorme Map Explorer and don't see it.

Frostbite Falls is International Falls' other name. I Falls
claims to be the coldest spot in the nation -- although Leadville, CO
claims they don't know what they're talking about....

: If it is real, does anyone know if there is a plaque or anything
: indicating Bullwinkle?

If there was, it was probably carved in ice and melted the next 2
springs. After all, when you only get 2 weeks of warm weather, ice lasts
a loooong time.

--

Jim Smilanich | "A man should be able to pilot a starship, plan an
jsm...@winternet.com | invasion, diaper a baby.....specialization is for
Winternet is my access | insects!" -- Lazurus Long
provider, so don't blame|
them for my opinions! |

Clayton Haapala

unread,

Nov 18, 1994, 9:35:38 AM11/18/94

to

In article <3adtiv$h...@blackice.winternet.com>,

James Smilanich <jsm...@winternet.com> wrote:
> Frostbite Falls is International Falls' other name. I Falls
>claims to be the coldest spot in the nation -- although Leadville, CO
>claims they don't know what they're talking about....
>

And Embarrass, MN knows they are both wrong.

--
Clay Haapala "Well, there was the process of sitting around
cl...@haapi.mn.org and wishing I had more computer stuff."
-- Dilbert

Craig S Wilson

unread,

Nov 18, 1994, 9:43:25 AM11/18/94

to

R. Bernstein <ro...@panix.com> wrote:
>Is Frostbite Falls, Minnesota---the home of Bullwinkle--a real place
>or is it ficticious? I once thought I saw it on a map, perhaps in a
>Wildlife refuge in Northern Minnesota, but I looked on a road atlas as
>well as the DeLorme Map Explorer and don't see it.
>

>If it is real, does anyone know if there is a plaque or anything
>indicating Bullwinkle?
>

>Many, thanks
> R. Bernstein

Frostbite Falls is about 200 miles west of Foggy Bog, Wisconsin. Foggy
Bog is the home of Hoppity Hooper. So, once you find Foggy Bog on a
map, just go west.

/craig

--
=============================================================================
Craig S. Wilson | | cswi...@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Document & Image Specialists, Inc. | |
1677 West County Road F. | | voice: (612) 865-8794
Arden Hills MN 55112-2840 | | fax : (612) 639-1878

Chris Kantzes

unread,

Nov 19, 1994, 2:38:25 PM11/19/94

to

ro...@panix.com (R. Bernstein) writes:
: Is Frostbite Falls, Minnesota---the home of Bullwinkle--a real place

: or is it ficticious? I once thought I saw it on a map, perhaps in a
: Wildlife refuge in Northern Minnesota, but I looked on a road atlas as
: well as the DeLorme Map Explorer and don't see it.

: If it is real, does anyone know if there is a plaque or anything
: indicating Bullwinkle?

:

From the International Falls Area Minnesota 1994 Visitor's Guide:

HISTORY AND FOLKLORE

Inspiration for Frostbite Falls

As members of the baby boom generations know, Frostbite Falls is the hometown
of cartoon characters Bullwinkle Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel. In an interview
with The Daily Journal, the late Jay Ward, creator of Bullwinkle and Rocky,
revealed that International Falls was the inspiration for Frostbite Falls,
"the sleepy little town where nothing ever happens." Bullwinkle and Rocky
continue to appear in comic books and the original TV programs are now
available on video.

--
-- My opinions, not Fisher-Rosemount's
--
-- Chris Kantzes
--
-- "Als ik Kan"

thie...@gold.tc.umn.edu

unread,

Nov 19, 1994, 7:53:41 PM11/19/94

to ro...@panix.com

Frostbite Falls is a ficticious name made up in Hollywood. Minnesota does
have the town of Embarass though. Also the towns of Intercourse and Climax
are nine miles apart, really.

Bret Thiele e-mail: thie...@gold.tc.umn.edu
University of Minnesota U of M...@aol.com
Minneapolis, MN J KERO...@aol.com

Whir

unread,

Nov 21, 1994, 9:50:03 PM11/21/94

to

telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 to answer questions like this...

--
Rick Allard
Duluth

Edward Bertsch

unread,

Nov 25, 1994, 3:12:18 PM11/25/94

to

frostbite falls,mn
.
frostbite falls
.
international falls
0 International Falls
1 27071 Koochiching
2 MN Minnesota
3 US United States
R county seat
F 45 Populated place
L 48 36 04 N 93 24 39 W
P 5611
E 1128
Z 56649

--
Edward A. Bertsch (e...@msc.edu) Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
Operations/User Services 1200 Washington Ave.So./Mpls MN 55415
+1 (612) 225-0954 voice mail [DISCLAIMER: MY OPINIONS; NOT MSCI'S]
NRA Life, etc. ftp://ftp.winternet.com/users/gray/GOAL/goal.html

Bob Rogers

unread,

Nov 26, 1994, 6:12:22 PM11/26/94

to

>R. Bernstein (ro...@panix.com) wrote:
>: Is Frostbite Falls, Minnesota---the home of Bullwinkle--a real place
>: or is it ficticious?

It's a real place north of Gopher Prairie and Lake Wobegone.
--
Bob Rogers (rog...@instrumental.com)

ygig...@gmail.com

unread,

Sep 14, 2015, 12:35:06 AM9/14/15

to

Sorry for bringing out this old jem, but I'm going to add my own two cents now. Yes, Frostbite Falls is based of Int'l Falls, MN but the there's a little swamp off of Peyla Rd in Embarrass Township (also in MN) that holds the record of -68F a couple years back (the 3rd time in 10 years that broke the -65 mark). It actually broke the thermometer, so the official reading is only -66F. & yup, am a native girl that has seen my share of Moose... & Rocky's non-flying kindred.
Hey, Squirrel, you do know you're nocturnal, don't you?

ho...@uum.org

unread,

Sep 21, 2015, 12:12:28 AM9/21/15

to

On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 11:35:06 PM UTC-5, ygig...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 16, 1994 at 3:25:27 PM UTC-6, CarolAnne Braddock wrote:
> > HEY ROCKY! Watch me pull a rabbit (not a winternet one, either)

....

> Sorry for bringing out this old jem, but I'm going to add my own two cents now. Yes, Frostbite Falls is based of Int'l Falls, MN but the there's a little swamp off of Peyla Rd in Embarrass Township (also in MN) that holds the record of -68F a couple years back (the 3rd time in 10 years that broke the -65 mark). It actually broke the thermometer, so the official reading is only -66F. & yup, am a native girl that has seen my share of Moose... & Rocky's non-flying kindred.
> Hey, Squirrel, you do know you're nocturnal, don't you?

More than 20 years after the last post!

hille...@gmail.com

unread,

May 6, 2016, 10:40:12 PM5/6/16

to

On Wednesday, November 16, 1994 at 3:25:27 PM UTC-6, CarolAnne Braddock wrote:

siew...@gmail.com

unread,

May 9, 2016, 2:42:43 PM5/9/16

to

I believe Foggy Bog, Wisconsin is near Tomah, Wisconsin