known Catholic Church, St. John the Baptist Pine Point Pentecostal Church Transportation Pine Point was along the Fort Resolution Highway (Highway 6), and the Mackenzie Northern Railway, which was owned by the Canadian National Railway. Ore concentrates from the mine were moved south by the railroad. The town also had a small airport. Notable people Everett Klippert, last Canadian sent to jail for being gay Geoff Sanderson, professional ice hockey player 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. Gibbins, W. (1988) Metallic mineral potential of the Western Interior Platform of the Northwest Territories. Geoscience Canada. Vol 15 NO. 2 pp 117–119 References Former towns in the Northwest Territories Ghost towns in the Northwest Territories Mining communities in the Northwest Territories