Albright
W.D. Albright with a sample of produce, 1931.
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The name for the locality was officially adopted in 1947. It was named for the Albright post office which had been established in 1931. W.D. Albright (1881-1946) came to the Peace River district many years earlier from Ontario. He was an early superintendent of the Beaverlodge Dominion Experimental Farm, and was well known as a promoter of the Peace River Countrv as a good agricultural district. The post office had originally opened in 1929 under the name of Hommy, after an early settler in the area. |
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Approximately 48 km west north-west of Grande Prairie. |
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| Location Name : | La Glace |
| National Topographic System (NTS) : | 83 M/6 |
| Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian | |
| NW-29-72-10-W6 | |
| Latitude (N) | Longitude (W) | |
| 55° 16' N 119° 30' W | |
| The content above is directly derived from : | |
| Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV Northern Alberta |
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