Located in the southwest portion of the province, it is adjacent to the Canada–United States border, neighbouring Phillips County in Montana.

[2] Louis-Pierre Gravel, missionary and promoter of much French Catholic immigration to southwestern Saskatchewan, originally called the settlement Rivière des Français after the nearby Frenchman River.

But for an unknown reason, in a 1911 report to the superintendent of immigration, his formally proposed name became Libreval ("Free Valley").

Before coming to Val Marie, Passaplan served as the first Roman Catholic parish priest in Swift Current.

[9] Due to its semi-arid climate, Val Marie is a mixed district where ranching and crop agriculture are both practiced.

Although there are no oil wells in the vicinity of Val Marie, the RM is transited by a major pipeline, and the Monchy Compressor Station sits directly on the Canada–United States border.