Shortly after construction began during the summer of 2004, the first of several burials was discovered by the contractor along the south side of North Street toward the western end of the project.  As soon as the first burial was discovered, VTrans hired the University of Vermont was to monitor construction activities throughout the remainder of the project.  UVM conducted extensive historic research and discovered evidence of previous accounts by townspeople of confirmed and unconfirmed human remains found mostly in old newspaper articles.  One can expect that additional burials or human remains were discovered but not reported.  At this time, the City of Burlington did not have any collected information on the burials.  Essentially the burial ground had been long forgotten.

Research shows that the military owned property in what is now known as “The Old North End” of Burlington.  This property located between North Street and Pearl Street including Battery Park was referred to as "Camp Burlington".  Camp Burlington housed approximately 3000-4500 troops at various times during the period from 1812-1815 and served as a wintering area for the troops passing through.  

The following photo gallery illustrates the results from the archaeological excavation of the War of 1812 burials that took place along North Street in Burlington during the summer of 2004.