Winona's first settlers built a farming hamlet called "the Fifty" close to the creek of that name and tight to the waterfront.
Fifteen years later, it was forcibly merged with the City of Hamilton by order of the Ontario government.
Smith food company in 1882 when he started making jam out of left over fruit.
[1] John Willson, the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, moved to Saltfleet Township (Winona) from New Jersey in the 1790s.
[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 1816 marked a turning point for education as Winona's John Willson spearheaded Upper Canada's first Common School Act.