a Provincial Game Warden,
refusing to take any pay for
the position, and worked
actively to establish the
Alberta Fish and Game
Association.
   As a fur buyer, Henry was
well known to the First
Nations people, but also
called many of them friends.

For years and years, at the
request of local leaders of
the First Nations people,
Henry wrote letters to the
Federal Department of Indian
Affairs and the appropriate
provincial officials in
Edmonton. Henry travelled to
Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa
at his own expense when he

needed to speak in person on
behalf of his friends, who
were members of the local
Cree and Chippewa bands.
   Henry Stelfox was
instrumental in creating the
three First Nations Reserves
west of Rocky Mountain House.
   As an amateur historian,
Henry Stelfox recorded by

hand many of the family
histories of the First
Nations people who visited
him. He also wrote persuasive
essays, presented talks to
local groups and sent letters
to the local newspaper in
hopes of changing soil and
watershed conservation
practices and the treatment