[1] The camp's mission is also to serve disabled people, immigrants and groups working with vulnerable clienteles in a context of family and socio-cultural recreation.

[2] In the history of the camp, many groups have stayed at this picturesque site surrounded by nature, such as boy scouts and wolf cubs.

In addition, the camp is a stopover on the equestrian trail, offering various services to riders including a restaurant and accommodation, as well as a rest area for horses.

[6] The land rights of the Val Notre-Dame camp belong since October 1986 to the organization "Rendez-vous familial Pointe St-Charles inc".

The beginning of the organization was the initiative of Ms. Rose-Alma Girard, mother of 11 children, originally from Thetford Mines, socially involved in her Pointe Saint-Charles neighborhood.

The “Pointe St-Charles inc. » has a dam erected in 1982 on the South Mékinac River located 160 metres (520 ft) downstream, ie to the southwest of the bridge spanning Lake Ayotte.

The statue of the Virgin Mary was probably installed in the summer of 1961 on the first dam on the South Mékinac River located at the height of the camp in a bend in Lake Ayotte; this monument had been erected thanks to a popular subscription started in October 1960 within the Amicales St-Gabriel.

Hosting services are currently offered in: Meals are generally taken in the cafeteria (built in 1991), called the Les Chênes room, which has a capacity of 200 seats.

In the early 1980s, the camp operated 10 months a year (except December and April) with a capacity of 350 young people (aged 7 to 15) divided into small groups (one to two weeks) generally for the period from the end of June to mid-August.

The camp was then directed by Brother Marcel Monette (1920-2002) and a team of 18 experienced monitors, aged 18 to 23, who were generally destined for a religious vocation.

Users can swim in a delimited area of the lake formed artificially by a dam on the Mékinac du Sud River.

The camp offers a special program during the school break which usually takes place in late February or early March.

Conrad Ayotte (married to Lucinda Trépanier), originally from Saint-Séverin and a leader of a Lacordaire circle,[14] was the first to begin development of the site for recreational purposes on lots 418 and 419.

Campers were generally recruited through offers of extracurricular activities in schools in the Mauricie run by the brothers of Saint-Gabriel, in particular: École Chapais (Cap-de-la-Madeleine), Saint-Odilon (Cap-de-la-Madeleine), Saint-Georges de Champlain (1952-1964), Juvénat Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire in Champlain, Saint-Albert (1957-1964) de Shawinigan-Sud, Collège Saint-Sauveur (1955-?

Usually, the Amicales des Provinces de Montréal and Champlain took part in this rallying of friends of the community of brothers , including the wives and children of former students of the Frères Saint-Gabriel.

[30] Under the aegis of the new owners, the camp grew significantly thanks to a series of government grants, which allowed for the construction of new buildings and the upgrading of facilities.

The toponyms "camp Val Notre-Dame" and "lac Ayotte" have not yet been formalized by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.