The infant was wearing a diaper and wrapped in a towel.

Regional police are looking for information from the public after a four-week-old baby girl was found abandoned on a lawn in Halifax.

Officers were called out to Quinpool Rd. on Sunday afternoon, where the infant had been found wearing a diaper and wrapped in a towel.

Police brought the little girl to the IWK, where she was examined and found to be healthy.

Hospital staff and police could not identify the child, and do not know who the parents are.

Police say the baby is African Canadian.

The Department of Child Services was called, and took the infant into their custody.

Anyone with information is being asked to call police, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers.