for almost a century. It was then used as the Municipal building. This building has since become the home of the Bonnechere Museum and is one of the best-known symbols of Eganville. Eganville was incorporated as a Village in the 1890s and remained an independent municipality until it was amalgamated with the Townships of Grattan, Sebastopol and South Algona to form the Township of Bonnechere Valley in 2001. Notable people Eganville is the home of Fr Michael O'Neill, Catholic priest and pastor of St George's Church in Ottawa from 1933 to 1945. He died in 1951 and was buried in St James Parish cemetery in Eganville. Ice hockey players Dale McTavish and Shawn Heins and Olympian Melissa Bishop were born in Eganville. References External links The Township of Bonnechere Valley official website Communities in Renfrew County Former villages in Ontario