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Ontario
Severn Sound
Severn Sound, the southeastern inlet of Georgian Bay, is one of the most beautiful parts of Ontario. The bay's sheltered southern shore is lined with tiny, homely ports and its deep-blue waters are studded by the outcrops of the Georgian Bay Islands National Park, whose glacier-smoothed rocks and wispy pines were celebrated by the Group of Seven painters. In Discovery Harbour, on the edge of Penetanguishene, and Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, outside Midland, Severn Sound also possesses two of the province's finest historical reconstructions – the first a British naval base, the second a Jesuit mission. Leaving Severn Sound, there's more lovely Canadian Shield scenery on the road north to Parry Sound, an agreeable little port that also serves as a convenient stopping point on the long road north to Sudbury and Northern Ontario. Alternatively, you can head southeast from Severn Sound to Orillia, home of the Stephen Leacock Museum – and just 120km from Toronto on hwys 11 and 400.
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