Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is a recreation-class

provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the ...

within the

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system. This park consists of two non-contiguous parts: Whitesand Lake campground in the main park, and the historic Rossport Campground, east of the fishing community of

Rossport, Ontario Rossport is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the Unorganized part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on the north shore of Lake Superior in geographic Lahontan Township, and is on Ontario Highw ...

, which provides campsites along the rough and rocky shorelines of

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...

. 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 Hewitson River is a short river in Thunder Bay District, northwestern Ontario, Canada. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was being constructed along the north shore of Lake Superior 1882–1885, the river was known as Maggot River. Course Th ...

. The Rainbow Falls Trail has a waterside boardwalk trail. There is also the Back-40 trail, which goes through an abandoned campground to a panoramic view of the Lake Superior shoreline. This park runs a small

Natural Heritage Education {{Unreferenced, date=January 2008 Natural Heritage Education is an educational program offered by Ontario Parks in some provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. It is designed to provide education focusing on the natural and cultural heritage of the ...

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. In August 2007, 20-year-old camper Christina Calayca disappeared while jogging in the park. The park, which investigators described as "one of the most rugged" areas in the province, was extensively searched a total of four times between August 2007 and October 2009, but none successfully located Calayca or evidence which could explain her disappearance and the case remains unsolved as of 2022.

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* Provincial parks of Ontario Parks in Thunder Bay District Protected areas established in 1963 1963 establishments in Ontario {{Canada-protected-area-stub