Old Port of Montreal

Old Port of Montreal
*Vieux-Port de Montréal* (French)
Old Port of Montreal; Vieux-Port de Montréal (French)
	The Old Port of Montreal
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Location
Country	Canada
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Details
Opened	1830
Operated by	Old Port of Montreal Corporation, Canada Lands Company
Statistics
	Website; http://www.oldportofmontreal.com/

The Old Port of Montreal is the historic port of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located adjacent to Old Montreal, it stretches for over 2 km (1.2 mi) along the Saint Lawrence River. It was used as early as 1611, when French fur traders used it as a trading post.

In 1976, Montreal's Port activities were moved east to the present Port of Montreal in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.^[1]

The Old Port was redeveloped in the early 1990s, under the direction of architects Aurèle Cardinal and Peter Rose.^[2] It is today a recreational and historical area and draws six million tourists annually.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "History of the Old Port". Old Port of Montreal Corporation inc. Retrieved 18 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Affleck, Gavin. "IN FULL VIEW: PUBLIC SPACE IN MONTREAL". Canadian Architect..

[hist-1] "History of the Old Port". Old Port of Montreal Corporation inc. Retrieved 18 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Affleck, Gavin. "IN FULL VIEW: PUBLIC SPACE IN MONTREAL". Canadian Architect..

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