Henry Louis Norwest (sometimes spelled Northwest) MM & Bar (8 May 1884 – 18 August 1918) was a distinguished Canadian sniper in World War I.

[2] Norwest was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta District, North-West Territories, sometime in the early 1880s, the son of Métis parents Louis Northwest or Watson and Geneviève Boucher.

Norwest worked as a ranch hand and rodeo performer, then for a short time he served with the Royal North-West Mounted Police.

[5] In his nearly three years of service with the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the lance corporal achieved a documented sniping record of 115 fatal shots.

[4] Norwest drew greatly upon his upbringing and experience as a hunter – moving with stealth, and making use of camouflage and the natural foliage around him to hide.

[4] The local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion hung his portrait in their canteen, named it in his honour, and placed an eagle feather, a sacred symbol in Cree culture, in glass beside his picture.