Based on my doctoral research on the expropriation of Mirabel airport, this research explores how cartography can bridge the past and the present, revealing how historical expropriations continue to shape contemporary imaginaries. The history of Mirabel is stratified: several scales, actors, territories and temporalities overlap, linking tangible and intangible memories. While there are many historical maps that trace the history of the expropriation and development of the airport, they don't talk to each other, nor do they capture the sensitive experience and living memories of those who were expropriated. The challenge is to represent this complexity in an atlas that integrates individual and collective narratives, social and political geographies, and the various forms of memory of the expropriation of Mirabel. We ask: How can we map the struggle for recognition within historical power relations, incorporating the voices of political actors and displaced people? By superimposing oral and written histories, the research proposes to reflect on the ways in which we superimpose oral history in dialogue with archival sources, and on the legacies that this work helps to bring to light.