Winona, Ontario

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Winona ( 43°12′29″N79°39′04″W / 43.20806°N 79.65111°W / 43.20806; -79.65111 ) is a small community in Southern Ontario that is officially part of the City of Hamilton, Ontario. It is roughly halfway between Buffalo (85 km) and Toronto (77 km) along the QEW. It has a proper population of 14,076 as of the 2021 Census.

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History

Winona's first settlers built a farming hamlet called "the Fifty" close to the creek of that name and tight to the waterfront. Winona's centre shifted in the late 19th century away from the water and the creek to a new central place built around the railway and roads, and tied together by Winona (then called Station) Road. Later, the focus shifted in favour of Highway 8, the escarpment, and Winona Road.

Winona was part of the township of Saltfleet. On January 1, 1974, it became part of the New Town of Stoney Creek. Stoney Creek became a city in 1985. Fifteen years later, it was forcibly merged with the City of Hamilton by order of the Ontario government.

ED Smith and Sons dominated the economy and society of Winona from 1890 to 1980. E. D. Smith, a businessman and politician, founded the E.D. Smith food company in 1882 when he started making jam out of left over fruit. He opened his first jam factory in 1904. [1]

John Willson, the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, moved to Saltfleet Township (Winona) from New Jersey in the 1790s. He became a justice of the peace for Gore District (present day Hamilton, Ontario) in 1811. [2] His son Hugh Bowlby Wilson was born in Winona and fought in the 3rd Gore Regiment during the Rebellion of 1837 before going on to practice law. In 1849, during the annexationist movement he became editor of the newspaper The Independent, which supported the movement. [3]

Peach festival

Winona hosts the annual Winona Peach Festival at the end of August in celebration of the peach harvest. [4] It began in 1967 to raise money for local charitable organizations. [5] [6]

Schools

Winona's first school was a private school, located close to the Fifty Creek. In 1816 marked a turning point for education as Winona's John Willson spearheaded Upper Canada's first Common School Act. The third elementary school building was located at Highway 8 and Winona Road and was called. [7]

Winona's present Elementary School moved to this newly constructed facility in 2012. [8] The building is the fifth elementary school built and is on the same site of the Winona High School, which was located at the corner of Lewis Road and Barton Street until it was sold to the Roman Catholic School Board.

Glover Road Public School was built to ease the congestion of Fruitland and Winona schools when the population boomed after WWII. The population boom was short-lived however, and the school closed in 1982.

In 2009, the school building located at Lewis Road and Barton Street that was originally Winona High School was demolished with plans to relocate Winona Public School to this location. A time capsule was discovered by an operator of an excavator. It had been sealed in the cornerstone when the school was built in 1962.

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Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ Spectator, Hamilton (September 23, 2016). "1882: Roots of E.D. Smith jam begin in Winona". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Fraser, Robert Lochiel (2003). ""WILLSON, JOHN," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8". University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ R. Warren James, John Rae (1965). John Rae Political Economist: An Account of His Life and A Compilation of His Main Writings: Volume I: Life and Miscellaneous Writings. University of Toronto Press. pp. Part I. ISBN   9781487590512.
  4. ↑ Sendzik, Walter (2005). Insider Guide to the Niagara Wine Region . CanWest Books. pp.  16. ISBN   9780973671964.
  5. ↑ Craggs, Samantha (August 27, 2017). "Decades of queens remember Peach Festivals of yesterday". CBC News. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Lennie, Laura (August 17, 2017). "Winona Peach Festival celebrating 50th anniversary in style". Hamilton News. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ "3rd Winona School (Saltfleet School No. 1)". virtualmuseum.ca. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ Lennie, Laura (March 1, 2011). "Winona Elementary captures time for posterity". Hamilton News. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Our History". Archived from the original on 2019-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish".
  11. ↑ Pearson, Mike (August 3, 2017). "Ian Thomas returns to Winona Peach Festival for 50th anniversary celebration". Hamilton News. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
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