Pine Point, Northwest Territories
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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 some ways distance 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 because that is when the mine closed, which forced the the single-industry town to close. All buildings were removed or demolished, and today the site is completely abandoned.
Nonetheless, memories of the town can be found at a website called Pine Point Revisited.
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