Val-d'Espoir

In the 1930s, an agricultural school was founded in Val-d'Espoir. It closed its doors in 1961.

In 2010, Val-d'Espoir became the site of the famous Groundhog Day where Fred, Quebec's official groundhog, makes his annual predictions of the arrival of spring.^[2] This tradition is temporarily interrupted in 2023 when the groundhog Fred had been found dead before making his predictions.^[3][4] In 2024, Groundhog Fred Junior is set to predict whether winter will drag on Friday, February 2 in Val D'Espoir. He's following in the footsteps of his father Fred, and his grandfather, Gros Fred.The hamlet is also the host of the winter carnival of the place, which would be the second oldest winter carnival in Quebec, after that of Quebec City.