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| | History of Parry Sound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Parry Sound, the largest natural harbour on Georgian Bay, was named by "Captain Henry Bayfield" after Sir William Edward Parry, the Arctic explorer. |
 | | The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway arrived in nearby "Depot Harbour" in 1897, and Parry Sound's first rail service, the Canadian Northern, arrived in 1906. |
 | | During both World Wars, Parry Sound's population was swelled by workers from the nearby explosives plants at Nobel. |
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