Parry Sound, Ont, Town, pop 5818 (2006c), 6124 (2001c), inc 1887. Parry Sound is located on the eastern side of GEORGIAN BAY, 225 km north of Toronto. The name honours British explorer Sir William Edward PARRY. The site was purchased in 1865 by William H. Beatty, a land surveyor looking for fresh timber limits. The settlement was laid out after 1867. Beatty family interests were managed by a son, William, Jr, who treated the town as a personal fiefdom and was known as "the governor." He enforced prohibition and at one point circulated his own money - Beatty scrip. For many years logging was the major industry. As logging declined, tourism increased and now the town is the centre of the Thirty Thousand Islands vacation area. It is famous as the home of hockey legend Bobby ORR and of Festival of the Sound.
 Parry Sound
Author
DANIEL FRANCIS
Links to Other Sites
Welcome to Parry Sound
Official website for the Town of Parry Sound, Ontario.
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