I have heard of him, and that he was a quasi-Indian, but did not know he was a proto-conservationist.

After WW1 when all the soldiers came back many of them began trapping because prices were good and there weren't enough jobs to go around, and that's how the beavers nearly got trapped out, and Grey Owl's return to Canada put him here at the right time to take up the cause of saving them.

I'd never heard of him either, and my husband seemed to have heard his name but, not much more. I think this is a thrilling story...talk about assimilation! I'm going to the library today and will look to see if they have the film. He evidently had a way with the ladies!

If it's one of the old fashioned libraries with books made of paper, the biography I consider best is by Lovat Dickson.

Many thanks....yes, there are aspects of life that aren't always great in Fredericton (January to March come to mind) but the library here is utterly brilliant, it is quite outstanding, in both traditional and modern ways.