Philip Henry Nind (7 April 1831 – 9 March 1896) was an English rower and gold commissioner in colonial British Columbia.
At Henley Royal Regatta, he won Silver Goblets in 1852 partnering H R Barker[4] and was also a member of the winning Oxford four in the Stewards' Challenge Cup.
Nind had originally considered Fort Alexandria for this purpose but chose Williams Lake instead as it was at a junction of two main pack trails: one from the Douglas Road and another through the Fraser Canyon.
[7] While stationed in the Cariboo Nind wrote voluminous letters and reports to Vancouver Island governor James Douglas in Victoria, telling him about the many developments taking place in the district.
By the middle of the year he was severely overworked causing him insomnia and a nervous twitch, In October he requested leave and in December went to England.
On 4 October 1873 he accompanied George Elphinstone Dalrymple and Sub-Inspector Robert Johnstone in entering the Glady's River.