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THE FIRST DIVISION OF TERRITORY. ' By an Act of the British Parliament and proclamation issued July 24th, 6L7w21788, Upper Canada was divided into four parts or districts;Luneburg, fl/54 Mecklenburg, Nassau,( of which Wentworth became a part) and Hesse. 1.. . Lord'Dorchester was the Governor-General. A By the Constitutional Act in 1791 the country was divided.into two P5" JProvinces, Upper Canada and Lower Canada, the Ottawa River being the HM dividing line. , i - On July 16th, 1792, again a proclamation was issued and Upper Canada avffl was divided into counties, the fifteenth of these was the County of' fi/70 Lincoln, and it was'divided.into four ridings, ' c 4 The first ridingtbounded on the west by the easternmost line of the County of York, on the south by the Grand River, to be called the Ouse, - thence descending the said river until it meets an Indian road leading_to the forks of the Chippewa creek, which creek is to be called the Welland, thence descending the said creek until it meets the continuation of the easternmost boundary of the late township No. 5, thence north along the said boundary until it intersects Lake Ontario, thence along the south shore of Lake Ontario until it meets the southeast boundary of the county' of York. John Graves Simcoe, Lieut. Governor.' On Oct. 15th, 1792, by an act of Parliament, the names of the districts were again changed to Eastern (Luenburg), Midland (Mecklenburg), Home (pa, (Nassau), and Western (Hesse). And later to include Bathurst, Gore, Home, London, Midland, Newcastle, Niagara and Western. The district-of Gore, named for Sir Francis Gore, Esq., was formed of part of the Home and Western districts. " ' . Wentworth was formed an Mar. 22, 1816, and named in honor of Sir John Wentworth, Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia. - ' When the districts were broken up, the counties of Wentworth and Halton formed one municipality. Gore district from 1850 to 1854. ' I On-June 14, 1853 they were divided into two counties and have so ' remained until the present time (1946). ' _ x -- Til.) TL 5 Twmsmss weer gust/Eye!) "124770 'r/77/I/41N0' M156? DC 3'4") a. 0' "@13; 1' ; T?:; EJ'E'J" :: -53: I 10.19! éfi'éctfimf'rT/WV DEC /X-177/ .5300, 5/Mc%£' (6,4qu A/A/yES To fifl£7WMN6HM¥'AAM)AM;7flECA&£R§fi4rfizefT The location of Winona might be described through £1164 years as; In the district of Nassau,(l788), Province of Upper Canada (1791,. Home dizggépt (1792), county of Lincoln, 1st riding,(1792) township No.7, Saltfle ,'Gore district (1794), County of Wentworth (1816).. ' Village of Ontario-until (1867), when Upper Canada became the Province of Ontario and the Railroad Station and Postoffice and lake port were changed to Winona, afteréfigzgnih, an Indian maiden and daughter of the great chief, Tecumseh. -, ' ' p. The section on No. 8 highway east of Winona was quite a thriving community in 1875 and was known as the Fifty%g%1he only church in the neighborhood was located there. ' « A%%;eg v : I 61062:") References, Archives of Ontario 1929 _ V - Public School History, 1866. :\» The Paserby,$pectator _ ' Wentworth Atlas 1875. Mr.Woodhouse, Spec. 1945