Forgotten Cemetery: Burial and Rediscovery in Downtown Ottawa

When workers began digging beneath Ottawa’s streets to build a new transit line, they discovered a forgotten 19th century cemetery. History Museum curator Janet Young was called in to help identify the early settlers buried there. Find out how she investigates burials and solves the mysteries of who these people were and how they lived. 

 

Transcript: https://www.historymuseum.ca/dod/podcasts/transcripts/s02e07

 

Canadian Museum of History Blog: “Bone Detective: Mysteries of Those Found Beneath Downtown Ottawa”: https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/bone-detective-introduction/