Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is a recreation-class provincial park

Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...

 within the Ontario Parks

Ontario Parks

Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia...

 system. This 575 hectares (1,421 acre) park includes the historic Rossport Campground which is near the fishing community of Rossport, Ontario

Rossport, Ontario

Rossport is a locality on the north shore of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay District, Northwestern Ontario. A designated place served by a local services board, Rossport had a population of 66 in the Canada 2006 Census, a decrease of 41.1% since 2001.-History:...

. 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

Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is the largest freshwater lake in the...

 with their two campgrounds which dot Highway 17

Highway 17 (Ontario)

King's Highway 17, more commonly known as Highway 17, is a provincially maintained highway and the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario. It begins at the Manitoba border west of Kenora and ends south of Arnprior at the western terminus of Highway 417, ...

. Whitesand Lake campground offers scenic trails to the falls on the Hewitson River

Hewitson River

The Hewitson River is a short river in Thunder Bay District, northwestern Ontario, Canada.-Course:The river begins at Whitesand Lake and flows over a series of falls, called the Rainbow Falls, then is crossed by Highway 17, and finally flows into Lake Superior. The mouth is about east of the...

 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

Natural Heritage Education

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 park its surrounding area...

program with a small visitor centre on the beach and an interpretive program offered on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months.