Parry Sound

This article is about the body of water in Georgian Bay, Ontario. For the town, see Parry Sound, Ontario.

Sound in Canada

Parry Sound

Harbour of the town of Parry Sound

Parry Sound

Location in southern Ontario

Coordinates| 45°21′31″N 80°07′12″W﻿ / ﻿45.35861°N 80.12000°W﻿ / 45.35861; -80.12000[1]
Type| Sound
Part of| Great Lakes Basin
Primary inflows| Seguin River
Primary outflows| to Georgian Bay
Basin countries| Canada
Surface elevation| 176 metres (577 ft)[2]

Parry Sound is a sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada.[1] It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian Bay, while it is bordered on the south side by Parry Island, home of the Wasauksing First Nation, Wasauksing being the First Nation's name for the bay. At the head of the sound is the namesake town that is the largest community on the shores of Georgian Bay from Severn Sound to Manitoulin Island.

The following entities are named after this geographic feature:

* Parry Sound District
* Parry Sound, town and seat of Parry Sound District
* Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, Ontario
* Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Ontario
* Electoral districts
* Parry Sound (federal electoral district), the federal electoral district from 1904 to 1949
* Parry Sound-Muskoka, the current federal electoral district
* Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district), the current provincial electoral district

View from Killbear Provincial Park

## References

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Aerial View of Parry Sound in 2010

1. ^ a b "Parry Sound". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
2. ^ Elevation of Lake Huron

Other map sources:

* Map 8 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-31.

## External links

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Media related to Parry Sound (bay) at Wikimedia Commons

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Parry Sound District, Ontario

Towns|

* Kearney
* Parry Sound
* Powassan

Townships|

* The Archipelago
* Armour
* Callander
* Carling
* Joly
* Machar
* Magnetawan
* McDougall
* McKellar
* McMurrich/Monteith
* Nipissing
* Perry
* Ryerson
* Seguin
* Strong
* Whitestone

Villages|

* Burk's Falls
* South River
* Sundridge

First Nations|

* Dokis
* Henvey Inlet
* Magnetawan
* Shawanaga
* Wasauksing

Indian reserves|

* Dokis 9
* French River 13
* Henvey Inlet 2
* Magnetawan 1
* Naiscoutaing 17A
* Parry Island
* Shawanaga 17
* Shawanaga 17B

Local services boards|

* Britt and Byng Inlet
* Laurier
* Loring, Port Loring and District
* Restoule

Unorganized areas|

* Centre
* North East

See also
Communities in Parry Sound District
Census divisions of Ontario

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

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