Galilee is an

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. The community is located on Highway 36 about 50 km south of the city of

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. Very little remains of the community other than an old general store and a private residence. It is thus regularly described as a

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by travellers. Galilee is on the western edge of

the Dirt Hills The Dirt Hills and neighbouring Cactus Hills, are an arcuate moraine and the largest Push moraine, glacial push in the world. The hills were formed during the deglaciation of the Last Glacial Period, last ice age over 10,000 years ago. They ar ...

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Terrell No. 101, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Ghost towns in Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision3-geo-stub

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