Parry Sound, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

A cheerful little place, PARRY SOUND , beside Georgian Bay 85km north of Port Severn, was named after the Arctic explorer Sir William Edward Parry, but it earned the nickname "Parry Hoot" because the log-drivers on the river chose this as the place to get drunk in. Things are more genteel today and the town has become a popular stopover for boats roaming the Thirty Thousand Islands out in the bay. Parry Sound is also the home port of the Island Queen , which squeezes through these same islands in a spectacular cruise that has become one of the region's most popular attractions (June to mid-Oct daily at … more »