Gurd Township, Ontario

[1] It was first surveyed in 1875 (1875) and was named after Robert Sinclair Gurd, a businessman and one-time mayor of Sarnia.

Today, the population is approximately 300 (419 including the nearby community of Alsace).

Gurd is home to Lockharts Mountain 45°58′1.112″N 79°28′31.194″W / 45.96697556°N 79.47533167°W / 45.96697556; -79.47533167, the highest elevation in the Township of Nipissing at 432m (1,417ft).

This township in Parry Sound District was named in 1875 for Robert S. Gurd, a Sarnia lawyer.

He was a personal friend of Timothy B. Pardee, Ontario commissioner of crown lands at the time.