Winona ( 43°12′29″N 79°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.
11-571: Winona , Wynona or Wynonna may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Winona, Ontario United States [ edit ] Winona, Arizona Winona, Indiana Winona Lake, Indiana Winona, Kansas Winona, Michigan Winona County, Minnesota Winona, Minnesota , the seat of Winona County Winona, Mississippi Winona, Missouri Winona, Ohio Winona, Tennessee (disambiguation) , several places Winona, Texas Winona (Norfolk, Virginia) ,
22-516: 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
33-438: A historic home The Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester , Minnesota, United States See also [ edit ] Lake Winona (disambiguation) Wenona (disambiguation) Wenonah (disambiguation) Wynona, Oklahoma Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Winona . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
44-453: A national historic district Winona, West Virginia Winona, Taylor County, West Virginia East Winona, Wisconsin Other uses [ edit ] Wynonna Judd , known simply as Wynonna Wynonna (album) , her 1992 debut solo album Winona (name) , including a list of people named Winona, Wynona or Wynonna Winona (horse) , a racehorse Winona (Winona, Virginia) , U.S.,
55-620: 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. John Willson ,
66-432: 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
77-473: The cornerstone when the school was built in 1962. Saltfleet Township Saltfleet Township is a geographic township in Hamilton , Ontario , Canada , on the south shore of Lake Ontario . The township was established originally in the then Upper Canada . In 1974, it was amalgamated with the village of Stoney Creek to form the town of Stoney Creek. Stoney Creek itself was amalgamated with
88-617: 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. 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
99-432: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winona&oldid=1248416610 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Winona, Ontario Winona's first settlers built
110-539: The newspaper The Independent , which supported the movement. Winona hosts the annual Winona Peach Festival at the end of August in celebration of the peach harvest. It began in 1967 to raise money for local charitable organizations. 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
121-560: Was located at Highway 8 and Winona Road and was called. Winona's present Elementary School moved to this newly constructed facility in 2012. 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
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