Val-d'Espoir is a hamlet within the city of
Percé, in the
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine () is an administrative region of Quebec consisting of the Gaspé Peninsula (''Gaspésie'') and the Magdalen Islands, Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It lies in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern extreme of southe ...
region, in eastern
Quebec
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, Canada.
It was an unorganized territory until 1971 when the territory was merged with the city of Percé.
History
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
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Ro ...
, Quebec's official groundhog, makes his annual predictions of the arrival of spring. This tradition is temporarily interrupted in 2023 when the groundhog Fred had been found dead before making his predictions.
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
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.
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Communities in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine