Explore the archaeology of Birchtown The People Archaeological Sites The Artifacts The Rock Mounds GIS Project Fieldwork	Birchtown, Nova Scotia is important in the cultural history of all descendants of the Black Loyalists, African American and African Canadian Peoples. While the Black Loyalist Experience is commemorated by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, the place itself does not have federal designation. Part of the reason has been that a definition of the place, with boundaries, centres and the network of community function that the Black Loyalist settlers began to establish in 1783, was unknown. In an effort to rediscover this place, its people and their history, archaeological investigations have been carried out since 1993. The Black Loyalist Heritage Society has been largely responsible for this work and has taken on a primary role in the research and documentation of Birchtown's settlers and their descendants. This website is designed as a gateway to the archaeology of this Black Loyalist community, the remains of the homes and objects left behind at Birchtown and the stories they have to tell us about what the lives of the Black Loyalists were like. For background historical information on the Black Loyalists, please visit the sites listed on our links page.
	This website has been created by the Black Loyalist Heritage Society.  Funding for this project has been generously provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage under the Multiculturalism Agreement.