Parry Sound is a town in Ontario, Canada, located on the eastern shore of the sound after which it is named. Parry Sound is located 160 km (99 mi) south of Sudbury and 225 km (140 mi) north of Toronto. It is a single tier government located in the territorial District of Parry Sound which has no second tier County, Regional or District level of government. Parry Sound is a popular cottage country region for Southern Ontario residents. It also has the world's deepest natural freshwater port.
tower view (2016) of the town and the sound
Aerial view of Parry Sound in the Fall
View of downtown Parry Sound near the intersection of Seguin and James Streets. A portion of the Sound and the CP railway trestle can be seen in the distance.
Departure point at the harbour, for the sightseeing tours of the 30,000 Islands
John Rudolphus Booth was a Canadian lumber tycoon and railroad baron. He controlled logging rights for large tracts of forest land in central Ontario, and built the Canada Atlantic Railway to extract his logs and to export lumber and grain to the United States and Europe. In 1892, his lumber complex was the largest operation of its kind in the world.
John Rudolphus Booth
Booth lumber camp, Aylen Lake, Ontario, c. 1895
Cookery on Booth timber raft
J.R. Booth's timber rafts arriving at Sillery, Quebec,c. 1891
