Laird Niven has conducted research at the 1784 Loyalist Afro-American
    settlement at Birchtown in Nova Scotia.  Information on the site and
    on the history of Birchtown can be found through the Nova Scotia
    Museum's web page at:
 
    http://www.ednet.ns.ca/educ/museum/arch/index.htm
 
    You could contact Laird Niven through the provincial Curator of
    Archaeology, David Christianson:
 
    Nova Scotia Museum
    1747 Summer St.
    Halifax, NS
    Canada    B3H 3A6
 
    Rob Ferguson
    Parks Canada - Halifax