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Map of Rainbow Falls Provincial Park and its lakes

Rainbow Falls Provincial Park

48.844° N, 87.3921° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Rainbow Falls Provincial Park, Ontario. 48.844° N, 87.3921° W

Provincial park, 5.76 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/rainbow-falls-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Provincial Park and Conservation Reserve Regulated, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Ontario Trail Network – Trail Segment, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Visitation to Provincial Parks, Ontario Parks (Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is a 5.76 km² provincial park 5.3 km east of Rossport, in Ontario. It was established in 1963.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Whitesand Lake (2.74 km²).

Area
5.76 km²
Established
1963
Named lakes
2
Trails
414.4 km
Visits 2025
47,539

Conditions today

4 °C

Wind N 2 km/h, gusts 28

Observed at Terrace Bay, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 1.

Weather: Terrace Bay (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:29 a.m.
Sunrise
8:01 a.m.
Sunset
7:11 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:43 p.m.
Moonrise
6:53 a.m.
Moonset
6:30 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Whitesand Lake2.74 km²
2Lyne Lake1.71 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Trails

4 named trails and routes, with 14.4 km of trail.

TrailLength
Back Forty TrailHiking or Walking, Snowshoeing5.6 km
Superior TrailHiking or Walking, Paddling, Snowshoeing4.8 km
Rainbow Falls TrailHiking or Walking, Paddling3 km
Casque Isles Hiking TrialHiking or Walking1 km

Visitors

47,539 visits were recorded in 2025: 14,827 day visits and 32,711 camper nights. Campsites were 73% occupied in July and August.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Recreational
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
1980
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca