Integrating Geomatics, Geophysics, and Local Knowledge to Relocate the Original Fort Providence Cemetery, Northwest Territories

Unlike large community centres that may have formal, well-funded archives, small communities often rely on the knowledge of Elders to preserve local history. Increasingly, Indigenous and local knowledge is being combined with emerging scientific technologies to supplement historical data. Here, Lafferty et aldescribe an example of how geomatics, geophysics, and the knowledge of Elders can be effectively used in combination to map the position, configuration, and subsurface conditions of a valued cultural-historic site.