Start Your
Vacation Plans Today!
Welcome to Minnesota’s Vacation Paradise where Rainy Lake offers great recreation throughout all seasons. Summer on Rainy Lake is spectacular, with great walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike and crappie fishing. Rainy Lake was named #11 of the top 100 bass lakes in the US by BassMasters Magazine this spring. There are day use sites with beaches, picnic areas and hiking trails. You’ll find interesting and historic points of interest and wilderness areas with great potential for spotting wildlife. There’s a lot to do in Minnesota’s Vacation Paradise any time of year, and here’s where you’ll find the latest and best information.
International Falls, Ranier and Rainy Lake are the main gateway to Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota's only water-based national park.
- Voyageurs National Park – 218,000 acres of islands and waters. The park offers summer boat tours, special programs, interpretive centers.
- Rainy Lake – a world-class fishery, 212,000 acres, 929 miles of shoreline with another 635 miles around 1,600 islands.
- Rainy River – another world-class fishery – the source of the river begins near International Falls and flows west.
- Boise Paper – home one of the fastest papermaking machines in the world.
- Koochiching Historical Museum and Bronko Nagurski Museum.
- Championship 18-Hole Golf Course on scenic Rainy River.
 |
Host to a variety of events, including: |
| • |
Annual International Falls Bass Championship. |
| • |
Several tournaments throughout the years, including the MN Pro/Am Bass Tournament on the Minnesota side of Rainy Lake. |
| • |
Several Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Openers. |
| • |
Two Minnesota Governor’s Snowmobile Rides. |
| • |
Conferences, conventions, retreats, annual meetings. |
 |
|
 |
|
|
