Clock Tower Beach

Clock Tower Beach
Clock Tower Beach
Plage de l'Horloge
	The beach in 2012
Location	Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°30′45″N 73°32′46″W / 45.5126°N 73.5460°WCoordinates: 45°30′45″N 73°32′46″W / 45.5126°N 73.5460°W
Formed by	Manmade
Age	2012
Website	Official website

Clock Tower Beach, 2012

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.

Description and history[]

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[]

^ 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[]

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[Reid-1] 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-2] 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.

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