Just five minutes from downtown, the Clock Tower Beach on the quay of the same name, offers sun, sand and a unique holiday atmosphere. The Clock Tower Beach features heaps of soft, silky sand, lounge chairs, colourful parasols and a wooden boardwalk. While swimming isn’t allowed, Located at the base of the Clock Tower, the beach affords a spectacular vantage of the St. Lawrence River, the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Île Sainte-Hélène and Old Montréal.

On our arrival in Montreal, Thursday, August 1, 2024, we were told by the desk person at our hotel that there would be fireworks at the Old Port and the best place for viewing them would be from the Clock Tower Beach. During the summer, there is fireworks from the carnival grounds every Thursday night. So after having dinner we walked down there, it was not crowded, but by dusk it was so super crowded, that we left and watched the fireworks from the parking lot. The clocktower is an enchanting looking building. The beach is very small and there is no access to the water. Reading other reviews here, some are mistakenly saying the beach is along the harbor canal (some think it is the river). This area is private for boaters and is not the Clocktower Beach. We also could see the clocktower and beach from the ferry boat we took two days later.

yup, one can wonder about the beach in Montreal, but there is a beach in Montréal, especially in the Old Port! Just five minutes from downtown, the Clock Tower Beach, on the same name's quay, offers sun, sand, and a unique holiday atmosphere. but there is a bummer- swimming isn’t allowed, but refreshing mist stations set up along the beach take the edge off the summer heat. The urban beach—with views of the St. Lawrence River, the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Île Sainte-Hélène, and Old Montréal—can accommodate up to 800 people.