Located eight kilometres from Chambord in the heart of the Lac-Saint-Jean region, the Village historique gives you access to many outdoor and cultural activities: beaches, cruises, the Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Lac-Bouchette, the Amerindian community of Mashteuiatsh (Pointe-Bleue) (crafts boutiques, museum).
The renowned Zoo "Sauvage" of Saint-Félicien, where "humans are in cages and animals run free" is forty-two kilometres from Val-Jalbert.