| Lount | |
| Settlement Type: | Geographic township |
| Image Map1: | ontps-lount.PNG |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Lount Township in Parry Sound District |
| Pushpin Map: | Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lount Township in Ontario |
| Pushpin Overlay: | Canada Ontario location map 2.svg |
| Coordinates: | 45.8331°N -79.6489°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Ontario |
| Subdivision Name3: | Parry Sound District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code FSA |
| Postal Code: | P0A |
| Area Codes: | 705, 249 |
Lount is a geographic township in the Unorganized Centre Part of Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada.[1] [2] [3] The communities of Bummer's Roost, Rye and Wattenwyle are located in the township. It originally was settled by the building of the Rosseau and Nipssing Road which cuts diagonally through the township. Lount is part of the Almaguin Highlands region.
This township in Parry Sound District was named in 1874 for William Lount (1840-1903), Liberal member for Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1867–71, and for Toronto Centre in the House of Commons, 1896–7. He was subsequently appointed a judge in the High Court of Ontario. William Lount was a nephew of Samuel Lount, who led a party of reformers in the Rebellion of 1837 and was put to death the following year.[4]