Pine Point, Northwest Territories
- Pine Point, Northwest Territories
Pine Point was the townsite built at the Pine Point Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada, which was an open-pit lead and zinc mine.
The first buildings were erected in 1952 during the original exploration and development campaign, and even before that a number of log cabins had been built in the late 1920s. The modern town was surveyed in 1962 and became operational by 1963.
The town was a joint-venture between the Canadian Government and mine owner's Cominco. It became a territorial settlement in the 1970s with private businesses and boasted a population of 1,200 at its peak. Pine Point had an elementary school (kindergarten to grade 5)--Galena Heights—and a grade 6 to 12 school, called Matonabbee School. The last graduating class was in 1988 as the mine was closing.
The town was served by Northwest Territories Highway 5 and by a railway line owned by Canadian National Railways. It also had an airport.
Cominco closed the mine in 1988, forcing the single-industry town to close. All buildings were removed or demolished, and today the site is completely abandoned, although there still is evidence of the street layout.
Nonetheless, memories of the town can be found at a website called "Pine Point Revisited".
Further reading
* Andersen Management Services Inc. (1987). "Socio-economic impact assessment for the town of Pine Point, NWT". [s.l.] : Andersen Management Services.
* Deprez, P. (1973). "The Pine Point Mine and the development of the area south of Great Slave Lake". Winnipeg: Center for Settlement Studies, University of Manitoba.
* Pine Point Mines Limited. (1978). "Zinc/lead mining at Pine Point, N.W.T". Pine Point, N.W.T.: The Mines.
* Wilson, J., & Petruk, W. (1985). "Quantitative mineralogy of Pine Point tailings". [Ottawa?] : CANMET, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
External links
* [http://pinepointrevisited.homestead.com/Pine_Point.html Pine Point Revisited] or
* [http://pinepointrevisited.homestead.com/PinePoint1.html Pine Point Revisited 1]
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