Parry Sound | |
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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 | toGeorgian Bay |
Basin countries | Canada |
Surface elevation | 176 metres (577 ft)[2] |
Parry Sound is a sound or bayofGeorgian BayonLake 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:
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Media related to Parry Sound (bay) at Wikimedia Commons
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