Carmel is a small community in rural Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, west of Humboldt

Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Humboldt is a Canadian city located in the province of Saskatchewan, 113 km east of Saskatoon at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 20. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No...

 and northeast of the City of Saskatoon. Carmel is within the Rural Municipality of Humboldt

Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan

Humboldt No. 370 is a rural municipality with a population of 842 . It is centred about the city of Humboldt, which is a separate entity from the similarly named R.M...

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The Carmel area is home to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid 13th centuries...

. This Roman Catholic landmark, located three miles north of Carmel, was built by Antonio Molaro in 1937 on one of the highest points in northern Saskatchewan.