[3] In 1913, Albright and his wife left Ontario to homestead in the Peace River area of northwestern Alberta, near the town of Beaverlodge, in the vicinity of Grande Prairie.
In 1917, the government rented 20 acres (8.1 ha) of his land to establish an official experimental substation and paid him to operate it on a part-time basis.
[1] Albright's professional activities as an agricultural researcher included testing what could potentially be lucrative cereal crops as well as new farming practices.
Albright was also entrusted with the promotion of animal husbandry and the planting of ornamental plants in the Alberta farming community, and spent much time travelling throughout the region promoting the idea that it was possible to maintain a good standard of living in the lowlands of the Peace River region.
[1] He and his wife, who were the parents of three children, also collected material on the region's history by conducting and compiling interviews.