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Rainbow Country is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario. It encompasses and provides services to the communities of Whitefish Falls and Willisville in the Sudbury District and Birch Island and McGregor Bay in the Manitoulin District.〔(Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737 ). Canadian Legal Information Institute.〕 It is the administrative headquarters of the Whitefish River Ojibway First Nations band government.〔http://www.whitefishriver.ca〕 ==Whitefish Falls== Whitefish Falls () is located in the geographic township of Mongowin, in the Sudbury District. Whitefish Falls lies on Highway 6, and is approximately 20 kilometres south of Espanola and 25 kilometres north of Little Current. Whitefish Falls is situated around the mouth of the Whitefish River at Lake Huron, just downstream from a picturesque waterfall. It is a popular tourist destination in the summer months, and is also the site of the annual La Cloche Art Show. A reunion of the popular Canadian CBC TV show ''Adventures in Rainbow Country'' was held here in August 2006. Cast, locals and fans were present. The show was shot in the region in 1969. The small church that was called St. Augustine's (Anglican) is now closed, was built by a company by the name of Mc Dermid. George Smyth of Ice Lake on the Manitoulin island, who worked for McDermid, made all the cement blocks by hand. He married Ernest Willis'(Willisville) youngest daughter Kathleen in the Church after it was completed in 1937. The carpenter on the job was Albert Shepherd of the Manitoulin Island. The minister in 1937 was the Rev. Worden Stump.〔S.D. Hicks- Willis Archives〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainbow Country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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