# Owen Sound (CA OWS)

**UN/LOCODE:** CA OWS  
**Country:** Canada  
**Water Body:** Lake Huron; Great Lakes  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 44.5833, -80.9333

Parrish & Heimbecker's grain elevator, with roughly 93,000 tonnes of storage, anchors commercial activity at Owen Sound, a natural harbour at the foot of the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, Ontario. Cargo is overwhelmingly bulk: grain, road salt and powdered cement, the last often arriving by barge. Berth depths of about 6.4 m and a sheltered, roughly 1,370 m basin make it one of the safer Great Lakes harbours, linked to the wider system via the St. Lawrence Seaway. Road and rail carry goods onward into southern Ontario. The port handles no container liner or international scheduled traffic. Forwarders needing those services turn to Hamilton or Toronto, while Goderich is the regional salt specialist.

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