CANADA (QUÉBEC)
Canton de Jersey

A few kilometers South-East of Saint-Georges,  Beauce, south of Québec city, there is a canton called Jersey located in the municipality of Saint-Côme-de-Linière. The canton was name after the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands. The name, Jersey, was given to this canton in 1792 by Francis (around 1743-1805) and William Le Maistre, both borned in Jersey. They had requested some land in order to establish some 40 families in this area, but the project was never realized.
(Ref: Commission de toponymie du Québec)

 

The black arrow points to the municipality of Saint-Côme-de-Linière where the canton of Jersey of located. More details on the next map.

The canton of Jersey, and just above, Jersey Mills, which is part of the municipality of Saint-Georges. The name Jersey Mills was borrowed from the canton of Jersey and recalls the presence of sawmills and the importance of the logging industry during the XIXe century. The name is also a reminder that there was a very important protestant population (some from Jersey) that contribued to the development of the municipality of Saint-Georges. The cemetery of Jersey Mills, previoulsy located near the Chaudière river, east side of the Sartignan dam, was relocated on the site of the old presbytarian Church, built in 1881 and demolished in 1959, one year after the dissolution of the community.