A breathtaking parcel of land nestled along the southwest's Noteku Creek Valley features a series of archaeological sites that boast both pre-contact artifacts and clues about the land millions of years ago. The Tillet Hills, located a few kilometres northeast of Ponteix and southwest of the Cadillac Helium Plant, are one of several significant sites, including Niska Site and Napao Site, that hide the secrets of an ancient era situated in the Rural Municipality of Auvergne. The Municipal Heritage Property is made up of five non-contiguous quarter sections of land containing at least five separate archaeological sites. Tipi rings, marine vertebrate fossils, hearths, bone, and rock cairns are a few of the relics and remains found in the Tillet Hills. An excerpt from Conserving Your Historic Places: A Guide For Communities shares that “heritage value also resides in the scientific information of the property's fossils, regarding the species and paleoenvironments of Saskatchewan's Upper Cretaceous geologic period of approximately 70 million years ago.” The area was designated as a Municipal Heritage Property on May 6, 1992, and has been listed on the Canadian Register since March 2005. According to the Government of Saskatchewan's Heritage Property Search, the more elaborately constructed cairns could mark burials, reflecting the mortuary practices of Indigenous peoples. Limited details about the Tillets Hills are available, and there are no reports of studies or discoveries in the past two decades. Cultural heritage sites like these are protected and should not be disturbed. To learn more about respecting archeological and heritage sites, visit the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society's website. For more information about the Tillet Hills, head to Canada’s Historic Places’ website or visit the Government of Saskatchewan’s Heritage Property Search.