Welland County

Niagara Falls, and the Townships in this county were among the earliest settlements in Upper Canada.

In some census and election records from the late 19th century, the townships of Pelham and Wainfleet (which can be seen on the map below) were enumerated as part of Monck County.

In 1970, Lincoln and Welland Counties were amalgamated to form the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

In 1970, Niagara Region municipal restructuring expanded the city by adding Humberstone Township.

John Graves Simcoe changed the name in 1792 honouring an old town in Lincolnshire.

Community centres: Niagara Falls (which was first called Clifton), Drummondville and Stamford.

Navy Island, the scene of William Lyon Mackenzie's exploits in 1837, is within this township.

Source: Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927 by Jesse Edgar Middleton & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto