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Judge Henry Castillou, or 'The cowboy judge' as many knew him, was a pack train operator, a captain in the Royal Flying Corps, a lawyer, a Judge of the Supreme Court for the County of the Cariboo, and a one-time president of the B.C. Fish and Game Association, and a collector of First Nations artefacts. As a lawyer, he worked as a legal and political advisor to the North American Indian Brotherhood and in 1948 he represented B.C. Natives before the Indian Claims Commission. In 1950, he and his family settled in Williams Lake and was appointed County Court Judge for the Cariboo, a position he held until his retirement ten years later.

Born: 1896
Died: 1967