The original plan for the western terminus of the CAR was in the vicinity of Parry Sound, ON. However speculation in the late 1880s and early 1890s drove up the price of the necessary terminus and port lands. In 1885, after he had visited the Parry Sound area, Booth chose instead to locate the terminus on undeveloped land on nearby Parry Island, occupied by Parry Island Indian Reservation (No. 16). Under pressure from the federal Department of Indian Affairs, the local band that autumn surrendered the necessary for the rail access, terminus, port facilities and residences. A further were purchased in 1899.