The stone is inlaid with a map of Gaspé made from Canadian granite, which was carved by craftsmen on the other side of the Atlantic.
In a gesture marking the longstanding relationship between the two communities, a similar map made in Jersey is now in place in the town of Paspebiac, on the peninsula.
The Canadian-made stone was officially unveiled in St Aubin on Friday by the Lieutenant-Governor, Lieutenant-General Andrew Ridgway, and his wife, Valerie.
The Bailiff, Michael Birt, made a speech at the unveiling, before St Brelade Rector Mark Bond blessed the stone.
Jersey and Gaspé have links dating back hundreds of years. A Jersey cod fisherman called Charles Robin, who lived in St Aubin, departed from the harbour for Canada in 1765 to form a cod fishing company that fished off Cape Breton Island and the Gaspé region.
For the next 100 years, many Jerseymen and their families followed to set up businesses. Mr Robin’s company became one of the biggest and most important in the cod business on Canada’s east coast.
Mr Robin lived in the High Street and his former house is just visible from the stone. Jerseyman Ralph Mauger, who has distant relatives in the Gaspé region, has been working on the project for some time and recently returned from seeing the Jersey stone unveiled in Paspebiac.
