Clock Tower Beach (French: Plage de l'Horloge) is an urban beach on the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, adjacent to the Montreal Clock Tower in the Old Port of Montreal.
Clock Tower Beach
Plage de l'Horloge | |
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 The beach in 2012 | |
  Clock Tower Beach | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′45″N 73°32′46″W / 45.5126°N 73.5460°W | |
| Location | Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Age | 2012 |
| Formed by | Manmade |
| Website | Official website |
Description and history edit
The beach opened in 2012. It consists of sand, Muskoka chairs, a boardwalk, a bar, showers and misting stations.[1] Visitors are charged a fee for admission. Work began on the site in the fall of 2011, including the installation of parasols. The beach was designed by Claude Cormier, who has also designed urban beaches in Toronto.[2]
References edit
- ^ Reid, Evelyn (June 12, 2012). "The Old Port's Clock Tower Beach: Montreal's Other Urban Beach". About.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ Riga, Andy (March 2, 2012). "Montreal's Old Port beach: sand, boardwalk, umbrellas – but no swimming and it won't be free". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
External links edit
Media related to Clock Tower Beach at Wikimedia Commons
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