Eganville area, Bonnechere Valley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canadai

Regional Level Types
Eganville area	Community
Bonnechere Valley	Municipality
Renfrew County	County
Ontario	Province
Canada	Country

If you do not know the exact locality your specimen came from in this area then place it here rather than guessing. The list of minerals for this area is incomplete.

Eganville is a community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Eganville lies within the township of Bonnechere Valley.

Eganville is also known as the Ordovician Fossil Capital of 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. The Bonnechere Valley is also a gateway to some of north-eastern Ontario's most well-known tourist destinations, including the nearby Bonnechere Caves. The caves are located under a hill of limestone, said by geologists to have been the bottom of a tropical sea 500 million years ago. The Bonnechere Museum, through a partnership with the Bonnechere Caves, offers fossil hunts four times in the summer season where people can practice finding fossils and even take one home if they find a good one. 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.

Eganville is a stop to destinations in central Ontario. Ontario Highway 41, which runs north-south from Pembroke to Napanee, intersects with Ontario Highway 60 in Eganville.

The town of Eganville is the fifth of five chutes along the Bonnechere River. The others are Castleford, Renfrew, Douglas, and Fourth Chute. The chutes used were for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls.

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality