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{{About|the body of water in Georgian Bay, Ontario|the town|Parry Sound, Ontario}}
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| caption = Harbour of the town of [[Parry Sound, Ontario|Parry Sound]]
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'''Parry Sound''' is a [[Sound (geography)|sound or bay]] of [[Georgian Bay]] on [[Lake Huron]], in [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="CGNDB" /> 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 [[Parry Sound, Ontario|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, Ontario|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 (federal electoral district)|Parry Sound-Muskoka]], the current federal electoral district
** [[Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)]], the current provincial electoral district

[[File:KillbearPP - morning.jpg|thumb|none|200px|View from Killbear Provincial Park]]

==References==
[[File:Aerial View of Parry Sound (5432193255).jpg|thumb|right|Aerial View of Parry Sound in 2010]]
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Other map sources:
*{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map8.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 8|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= [[Ministry of Transportation of Ontario]]|scale= 1 : 700,000|date= 2014|accessdate= 2014-07-31}}
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==External links==
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{{Parry Sound District}}
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[[Category:Bays of Ontario]]
[[Category:Landforms of Parry Sound District]]
[[Category:Bays of Lake Huron]]
[[Category:Sounds of Canada]]
[[Category:Georgian Bay]]