Helen Sheldon
Archaeological Contract Coordinator, Archaeologist
Education
M.A. Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland 1987
B.A. (Hon., First Class) Anthropology, Saint Mary's University 1983
Current licence: P191 Province of Ontario
Ms. Sheldon has extensive experience in cultural resource management supervising the excavation of pre-contact and historic sites in both Nova Scotia and Ontario. The most notable sites researched and excavated include the lighthouses at the Fortress of Louisbourg, various components of Citadel Hill and the Halifax Defence Complex including George's Island and McNab's Island, and a precontact — protohistoric site at the Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia. She has also provided supervision, excavation and monitoring for various development projects including the natural gas pipeline from Goldboro to New Brunswick, the lateral pipeline to Dartmouth, and the Halifax Harbour Cleanup project.
Archaeological Experience: Over twenty years' experience in Nova Scotia and Eastern Ontario
A selection of past projects includes:
- Director, Place D'Armes Realignment, Stage 2/3, Kingston
- Director, Large Venue Entertainment Centre, Stage 4 excavations, Kingston
- Director, Stage 1/2 Archaeological Assessment, Queens University Athletic Centre, Kingston
- Archaeologist, Stage 4 excavation Westbrook Archaic site, Kingston
- Archaeologist, Relocation of eroding Black Loyalist cemetery at Red Head, NS
- Director, mitigation and monitoring, Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline — Halifax Lateral
- Archaeologist/director, mitigation, monitoring, and excavation Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline, Main Line, Goldboro to New Brunswick
- Researcher, Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Centre, Shubenacadie, NS
- Director, archaeological assessments at McCulloch House and Lawrence House, Nova Scotia Museum
- Director, archaeological testing and assessments Highway 103 Bypass, Barrington, NS
- Director, archaeological assessment, Halifax Regional Municipality landfill, Site A
- Director, monitoring, Dartmouth Cove Sewage Outfall Consolidation Project
- Director, salvage excavation, pre-expulsion Acadian cemetery, Falmouth, NS
- Director, Dartmouth and McNabs Components, Halifax Harbour Cleanup archaeological assessment
- Director, monitoring geotechnical testing, Wellington Lock, Shubenacadie Canal, NS
- Director, assessment of two islands, Mahone Bay, NS
- Director, Halifax Defence Complex, archaeological assessment — George's Island, McNabs Island and York Redoubt
- Director, Nova Scotia Museum of Industry and Transportation, volunteer excavation
- Field assistant, petroglyph recording, MacGowan and Dean Lakes, NS
- Researcher, archival research Shubenacadie Canal, NS