By Cheryl Jahn

Interactive map a gem

Jun 17, 2021 | 4:22 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The First People’s Cultural Council has a new online tool that helps just about anybody can use for a multitude of reasons. One of those people is Kim McLean with Northern Health.

“I started using it when we were re-deployed for contact tracing work and a lot of communities we serve are First Nations communities,” she says. “It was a great way to learn about those communities, find out where they are on the landscape. Even just using it to pronounce names that are not easy to pronounce just by looking at the word.”

The interactive map allows a user to zero in on a specific location. It then allows the user to listen to the proper pronunciation of the First Nation community, a greeting in the local language. It also identifies where specific organizations are located, what local artists are in the area, and a host of other features.

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Even the BC Wildfire Service taps into it.

“Often, as you can imagine, when we get reports of a fire, it’s pretty quick that we’re responding to it,” explains Forrest Tower with the BC Wildfire Service. “Having this kind of tool allows us to know a little bit more about the area that fire is in and if there are any culturally sensitive or heritage sites, it just gives us that more information to better respond in that area.”

The map can be found at maps.fpcc.ca