Barry's Bay, Ontario

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Old train station and now tourist office in Barry's Bay.

Barry's Bay is a community in the township of Madawaska Valley, Ontario, Canada, located two hours west of Ottawa, with a population of approximately 1,100 people. The town, which was officially incorporated in 1933, was the deathplace of Janusz Żurakowski, a famous Polish aviator who tested aircraft. A memorial was created in his honor, which includes a statue of himself and a sized-down model of the Avro Arrow, arguably the most famous aircraft he's known for testing. It can be accessed from Ottawa on the Trans-Canada Highway, then turning onto route 60 at Renfrew. Barry's Bay is also the Central Canada finalist in the 2006 Kraft Hockeyville competition.