A ghost town is a once flourishing town that is wholly or mostly abandoned, usually as a result of the economic activity that supported it has failed, usually due to resource exhaustion, natural disasters or government actions that make the area economically non-viable.One such ghost town in the Parry Sound District in Ontario is Depot Harbour.Located on Parry Island, which is part of the Wasauksing First Nation, Depot Harbour was once the western terminus of the Canadian Atlantic Railway and a very busy shipping port on the eastern shores of Georgian Bay.  While Parry Island and Depot Harbour are still occupied by residents of the Wasauksing First Nation, Depot Harbour is a shadow of its former self.Depot Harbour was founded in 1892 as a railway company town by John Rudolphus Booth, owner of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway (OA&PS) as the western terminus for his railway.  The town featured many of the amenities of any other town, including 110 houses, two large grain elevators, docks, a railway station, a hotel, a bank and stores.