Pine Point (Northwest Territories)-Wikipedia

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Pine Point is an ancient city of the Northwest Territories in Canada. It was developed around the Open Point Mine in 1966 and closed in 1987.

The city is located about 10 km south of the Grand Lac des Slaves and 87 km east of Hay River. We find south of the city, Wood Buffalo National Park.

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Some mining explorations were carried out in the region around 1896 and 1929. It was the 1948 exploration work which will however push the company Cominco to develop a mine south of the Grand Lac des Escales. So we create the company Pine Point Mines In 1951 [ first ] In order to use lead and zinc deposits. We then consider the Pine point deposit as being the most important known in Canada [ 2 ] .

The construction of the city and the mine began in 1962. The Canadian government therefore built a railway between Roma (located near Grande Prairie in Alberta) and Pine Point between 1963 and 1965. We begin mining around 1964-1965 [ 2 ] . The city is also served by Fort Smith Highway (in) and by an airport.

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The city is growing quickly. In less than 15 years, we reach more than 1,500 inhabitants. We do not try to have a simple installation for workers, we develop a new city with different facilities and where we find families, shops and schools.

The population ceased to grow in the late 1970s. In 1983, the company announced an upcoming closure of the mine [ 3 ] , decreasing the demographic explosion. There is significant growth in social problems after the closure announces [ 4 ] .

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In 1987, the mine was announced due to the fall in world prices for zinc and lead, the depletion of ore reserves and the distance from the markets, although the mine was connected by rail to the rail National Network of the National Canadian [ 5 ] .

In , the Canadian government has made a number of commitments following the closure of the Pine Point mine and, consequently, of the city of Pine Point. We order the closure of the city for the . The majority of houses were sold and moved to neighboring cities. During the 1986 census, there were 1,560 inhabitants there [ 5 ] .

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(Sources: Statistics Canada censuses [ 3 ] )

The city included several facilities, including:

  • Matonabbee secondary school (burned the )
  • Medical clinic
  • Shops
  • Catholic and Protestant churches
  • Arena and Curling Center
  • 9 -hole golf course
  1. ↑ Annelies Pool, ‘ Pine Point » , on Canadian encyclopedia (consulted the )
  2. ↑ a et b (in) ‘ History of Exploration and Development » , on Government of the Northwest Territories – Industry, tourisme and investment (consulted the )
  3. ↑ a et b (in) Robert M. Bone, Resource Towns in the Mackenzie Basin , vol. 42, Quebec geography notebook, ( read online ) , chap. 116, p. 249-259
  4. ↑ (in) Andersen Management Services Inc, Socio-economic impact assessment for the town of Pine Point , , 89 p.
  5. ↑ a et b Michel Veyron , Canadian Dictionary of proper names , Louiseville (Quebec), Larousse, , 764 p. (ISBN  2-920318-06-3 ) , p. 538

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