Eganville is a community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
There are many fossils to be found in this area from approximately 500 million years ago (in a time before dinosaurs) including coral, crinoids, trilobites, cephalopods, gastropods, pelecypods, stromatolites, and brachiopods.
[3] Eganville is also home to a Geo-Heritage Walking Trail located along the Bonnechere River which features a fossil pit, a visit to an old quarry, a trench, wild plants, and scenic lookouts.
After his death in 1857 (at the age of 46) his family ran the business for ten years before selling to James Bonfield and Robert Turner.
Ice hockey players Dale McTavish and Shawn Heins and Olympian Melissa Bishop were born in Eganville.