Parry Sound is a sound or bay

Sound (geography)

In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight and wider than a fjord; or it may be defined as a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land ....

 of Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay

Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...

, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park

Killbear Provincial Park

Killbear Provincial Park is a park located on Georgian Bay in Parry Sound District, Ontario near the town of Nobel.Activities in the park include camping, swimming, boating, cycling and fishing...

 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 First Nation

Wasauksing First Nation is an Ojibwa, Odawa and Pottawatomi First Nation located near Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada....

. At the head of the sound is the namesake town

Parry Sound, Ontario

Parry Sound is a town in Central Ontario, Canada, located on Parry Sound on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay. Parry Sound is located south of Sudbury and north of Toronto. It is the seat of Parry Sound District, a popular cottage country region for Southern Ontario residents. It is also the...

 that is the largest community on the shores of Georgian Bay from Severn Sound to Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...

.

The following entities are named after this geographic feature:

• Parry Sound District
  • Parry Sound
    Parry Sound, Ontario
    Parry Sound is a town in Central Ontario, Canada, located on Parry Sound on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay. Parry Sound is located south of Sudbury and north of Toronto. It is the seat of Parry Sound District, a popular cottage country region for Southern Ontario residents. It is also the...
    
    , town and seat of Parry Sound District
  • Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, Ontario
    Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, Ontario
    Small southern exclave...
    
    
  • Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Ontario
• Parry Sound (electoral district)
  Parry Sound (electoral district)
  Parry Sound was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949. It was located in the province of Ontario...
  
  
• Parry Sound—Muskoka
  Parry Sound—Muskoka
  Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
  
  (federal electoral district)