Bilodeau, Leo Albert

He was a Seasonal Park Naturalist in Jasper National Park 1972-73.

In 1973 he was one of the participants in the organizing meeting at Dorset ON for the Association of Canadian Interpreters (the fore-runner of Interpretation Canada.) In 1973-74 he was an Interpretation Specialist in the National Parks Branch in Ottawa ON where he worked on Low Powered Radio Transmission systems as interpretation media.

He went to Prince Albert National Park as a Park Interpreter in 1974-75.

In 1975 he was appointed as an Interpretation Planner in the Western Regional Office of Parks Canada in Calgary AB.

In 1978 he was a member of the executive of the Alberta Section of the Association of Canadian Naturalists and representative on the National Executive.

He was appointed as head of Interpretation Planning in Calgary in 1979.

He was the National President of Interpretation Canada in 1978-79.

He died in a rock-climbing accident in Jasper National Park. "Leo Bilodeau attracted strong opinions. You either liked him or you loathed him. You either thought him a dedicated visionary or an arrogant steamroller. But whatever else you thought of him, you knew he was committed, enthusiastic, passionate - alive! With all his experience in the abstract concepts of interpretation, he was happiest while helping park visitors enjoy the mountain world. Anyone who has been part of a hike that Leo led; anyone who has seen him bounding among a group, stopping to exclaim about a rock, a flower, a handful of dirt; anyone who has felt a geological concept become clear under his guidance, and seen his face light up with the joy of knowledge shared, knows that his work was where he belonged.

He never lost the sense of wonder. - Leslie Taylor)