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Owen Sound

Owen Sound is a city in . It has a population of approximately 21,000 people. It has a beautiful harbour and bay, winding rivers, tree-lined streets, plush parks, numerous trails and a thriving, historic downtown.
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  • Type: City with 21,700 residents
  • Description: city in Ontario, Canada
  • Also known as: “Owen Sound, ON” and “Owen Sound, Ontario”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library and Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.

Library
The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library is a public library in Owen Sound, which serves the residents and taxpayers of the City of Owen Sound, the Township of , the Township of and the Municipality of .

Photo: Flibirigit, Public domain.
The contains the J.D. McArthur Arena, a 4,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Owen Sound, , Canada. The facility was opened in 1983 on the east shore of and replaced the city's old downtown arena.

Art gallery
Photo: Rjsbird287, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Owen Sound

Latitude
44.5678° or 44° 34′ 4″ north
Longitude
-80.943° or 80° 56′ 35″ west
Population
21,700
Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)
IATA airport code
YOS
United Nations Location Code
CA OWS
Open location code
86PXH394+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 68674508
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6095645
Wiki­data ID
Q1017735
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Satellite Map

Discover Owen Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Owen Sound” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Owen Sound, Ontario”
  • Afrikaans: “Owen Sound”
  • Arabic: “أوين ساوند”
  • Asturian: “Owen Sound”
  • Atikamekw: “Owen Sound, Ontario”
  • Atikamekw: “Owen Sound”
  • Catalan: “Owen Sound”
  • Cebuano: “Owen Sound”
  • Chinese: “奥云湾”
  • Chinese: “奧雲灣”
  • Czech: “Owen Sound”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Owen Sound, Ontario”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Owen Sound”
  • Dutch: “Owen Sound”
  • Esperanto: “Owen Sound”
  • French: “Owen Sound”
  • German: “Owen Sound”
  • Hebrew: “אוון סאונד”
  • Italian: “Owen Sound”
  • Japanese: “オーウェンサウンド”
  • Korean: “오언 사운드”
  • Korean: “오언사운드”
  • Malagasy: “Owen Sound”
  • Persian: “اوون ساوند”
  • Polish: “Owen Sound”
  • Portuguese: “Owen Sound”
  • Russian: “Оуэн-Саунд”
  • Serbian: “Oven Saund”
  • Serbian: “Owen Sound”
  • Serbian: “Овен Саунд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Owen Sound”
  • Slovak: “Owen Sound”
  • Slovenian: “Owen Sound”
  • Spanish: “Owen Sound (Ontario)”
  • Spanish: “Owen Sound”
  • Swedish: “Owen Sound”
  • Turkish: “Owen Sound”
  • Ukrainian: “Оуен-Саунд”
  • Volapük: “Owen Sound”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوون ساؤنڈ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Owen Sound”. Photo: Francine Pallister, CC BY-SA 3.0.