Howard Douglas (park superintendent)

Howard Douglas (May 8, 1850 – January 6, 1929) was a Superintendent for Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, councillor for Calgary City Council.

He married Alice Maud Johnston, the daughter of a ship captain, in Burlington, Ontario on October 11, 1872.

Around 1883 Douglas moved west to Manitoba, and later in fall 1883 he arrived in Calgary and worked as a construction bridge foreman for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Douglas also arranged for the purchase and transfer of the Michael Pablo herd of bison from the state of Montana.

[1][2] When he retired from the Parks position in 1921 he was appointed the first moving picture censor for the Province of Alberta.