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Severn Sound , the southeastern inlet of Georgian Bay, is one of the most beautiful parts of Ontario. Its sheltered southern shore is lined with tiny 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 highways 11 and 400. As for public transport, there's a reasonably good network of bus services running north from Toronto to - and along - the southern shore of Severn Sound. These services are operated by PMCL ( www.pmcl.on.ca ), who also link Toronto and Orillia. The Toronto-Parry Sound-Sudbury bus route is operated by Greyhound.
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