Hurkett is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on Black Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Stirling Township, and is on Ontario Highway 582, a short spur off Ontario Highway 17. Hurkett is a designated place served by a local services …Hurkett is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on Black Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Stirling Township, and is on Ontario Highway 582, a short spur off Ontario Highway 17. Hurkett is a designated place served by a local services board, and has a population of 236.