Location Oil shales occur along Frederick Brook in Albert County in southeastern New Brunswick (Figs. 1, 2). The area is publicly accessible via automobile by driving 13 mi (21 km) south of Moncton along New Brunswick 114 to the town of Hillsborough. To reach the site, continue south along New Brunswick 1142.5 mi (4 km) to an unnumbered highway on the right, designated the Albert Mines Road. Proceed west on this road for 2.2 mi (3.6 km) nearly to the bottom of a large hill where there is a small church and a secondary road leading to the right (northwest). Follow this unnumbered road for about 1.1 mi (1.8 km) to a shale pile on the right (or west) side of the road. The pile lies near the northeastern end of the underground altertite vein and is indicated as Stop 6 in Figure 2. Note that the final 2,300 ft (700 m) of road leading to the site is not a hard surface.