Rainbow Falls Provincial Park
Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is a recreation-class provincial park within the Ontario Parks system. This 575-hectare (1,421-acre) park consists of 2 non-contiguous parts:[3]
- Whitesand Lake campground in the main park
- Rossport Campground on Lake Superior.
| Rainbow Falls Provincial Park | |
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 Rainbow Falls on the Hewitson River | |
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| Location | Ontario, Canada |
| Nearest city | Schreiber |
| Coordinates | 48°50′32″N 87°23′43″W[1] |
| Area | 575 ha (1,420 acres) |
| Established | 1963[2] |
| Governing body | Ontario Parks |
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The historic Rossport Campground which is east of the fishing community of Rossport, Ontario, provides campsites along the rough and rocky shorelines of Lake Superior. This park offers campers a choice of camping on the in the main park, or .
The Whitesand Lake campground is on the shores of Whitesand Lake and offers scenic trails to the park's namesake falls on the Hewitson River. The Rainbow Falls Trail has a waterside boardwalk trail. There is also the Back-40 trail that goes through an abandoned campground to a panoramic view of the Lake Superior shoreline. This park runs a small Natural Heritage Education program with a small visitor centre on the beach and an interpretive program offered on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months.
Both campgrounds are just off Highway 17 between Rossport and Schreiber.
References
- "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 42D14". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- "Rainbow Falls Provincial Park - Recreation". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014.
- "Rainbow Falls". Ontario Parks. 2003-06-04. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
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