Old Port Waterfront Walk

Walk along Montreal's historic shipping docks to see how colossal industrial structures and old shipping piers were reimagined as vibrant, modern public spaces.

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1. Silo #5

Silo Number Five is a colossal assembly of concrete and steel structures stretching nearly four hundred meters along the Pointe-du-Moulin pier. Composed of three distinct buildings linked by aerial galleries, the complex reaches heights of…

2. Old Port Locks | Lachine Canal National Historic Site

The Old Port Locks are defined by two parallel channels of masonry that drop away from the harbor, cutting a straight, stone-lined path into the earth. These locks are the eastern entrance to the Lachine Canal, an industrial waterway that…

3. Port of Montreal Tower

The Port of Montreal Tower is a sixty-five-meter glass-and-steel structure that rises from the tip of the Grand Quai, formerly known as Alexandra Pier. It is distinguished by a cantilevered observatory near the top and a prominent wooden…

4. Montreal Science Centre

The Montreal Science Centre is defined by its wide, open architecture, which mirrors the industrial style of the other structures along the Old Port of Montreal. It sits directly on the King Edward Pier, a site built between nineteen oh…

5. Jacques-Cartier Pier

Jacques-Cartier Pier is defined by its exposed steel framework, which echoes the skeletal structure of the industrial hangars that once crowded the riverfront. It sits as a primary entry point to the Old Port, stretching out into the Saint…

6. La Grande Roue de Montréal

The sixty-meter-tall Ferris wheel in the Old Port of Montreal rises as the highest observation wheel in Canada. It operates throughout the entire year, rotating visitors through forty-two climate-controlled gondolas equipped with tempered,…

7. Clock Tower

The Montreal Clock Tower is a forty-five-meter-tall white Beaux-Arts structure that rises prominently at the entrance to the Old Port. Designed by engineer Paul Leclaire and built between nineteen nineteen and nineteen twenty-two, the…

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