Written in stone - Carved in wood - Silvered in water
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A live museum aspires to encompass a whole community, not just a building or a single artifact theme. In its efforts to promote heritage tourism, cultural tourism, and cultural landscapes, Bonnechere Museum recognizes that the Bonnechere Valley has three primary natural symbols or totems: rocks, trees, and waters. Our history is truly Written in stone - Carved in wood - Silvered in water. Written in stone: Ordovician fossils are found within the outliers of Carved in wood: Since the great pineries of the Bonnechere Valley Silvered in water: Algonquin Park's dome is the source of seven rivers Cycle of life: From the three regional symbols, flow the 5 R's, which represent the cycle of life as it developed along the Bonnechere River: river, route, railway, road, and recreation. Preston O'Grady, Bonnechere Museum |
Routes to Our Roots |
limestone along the Bonnechere River. Bonnechere Museum sponsors fossil education and fossil hunting. Visitors of all ages participate in demonstrations, walkabouts and site explorations.
supplied wood to England and to United States, the following words express a short history of the area: square timber, lumber, pulp. Transporting timber by water gradually was replaced by rail and then truck. Much of the economy of the region is still dependent on wood products from second and third growth forests. 
which feed streams, lakes, wetlands and aquifers, creating a recreational, accessible, natural wild. The Bonnechere Valley is close to Algonquin Park, the Ottawa River, and the city of Ottawa, Canada's Capital - all well-known international tourist destinations.
The lakes and waterways have become destinations for recreation including fishing, boating, and cottage life, along with an increasing interest in the production of electrical energy.