Rainbow Falls Provincial Park

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Rainbow Falls Provincial Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Rainbow Falls sign on HWY 17, east of Rossport, ON c. 1991
Rainbow Falls sign on HWY 17, east of Rossport, ON c. 1991
Nearest city Terrace Bay, Ontario
Area 575 ha
Governing body Ontario Parks

Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is a recreation-class provincial park within the Ontario Parks system. This 575ha park includes the historic Rossport Campground which is near the fishing community of Rossport, Ontario. This park offers campers a choice of camping on the calm shorelines of Whitesand Lake in the main park, or on the rough and rocky shorelines of Lake Superior with their two campground which dot Highway 17. Whitesand Lake campground offers scenics trails to the falls on the Whitesand River and also the Back-40 trail takes you through an abandoned campground to a panoramic view of the Lake Superior shoreline. If you plan to visit this park, be sure to take a hike on the Rainbow Falls Trail for a fantastic waterside boardwalk trail. This park runs a small Natural Heritage Education program with a small visitor centre on the beach and an interpretive program being offered on Saturday's and Sunday's during the summer months.

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