Port D’Escale Marina

I love this marina, a friend recently purchased a house boat and is a seasonal guests here for the summer. Luckily my man is his captain so we have had a chance to hang out and find out first hand about the services in this Marina.
The staff is über (even better than super I assure you), friendly and accommodating.
The facilities include bathroom, showers and laundry, we were told that all the docks were changed last year which is clear as it is all spiffy, and thanks to the staff always well kept.
We have had the opprtunity to meet some very cool visitors (one of which is a Marina owner in Virginia), and they echo the thought that this is one of the best they have used, go Montréal!
They have shuttle service for the seasonal people, free ice, free wi-​fi, the water and electrical supplied has been consistent.
The location is ideal for being close to the action, the only down side, which is not at all a reflection on the Marina, is the lack of decent grocerie supply places in the Old Montréal.

The good: Marcos and the staff at Port D’Escale Marina in Montréal were friendly to our sea-​faring crew. The marina’s location is really hard to beat — right in the middle of Montréal’s Old Town, between piers with lots of activity, 5 minutes from restaurants and bars.
The bad: We alerted them days in advance to our electrical/​power needs, and still had to screw around with finding the correct amperage for a day. We were also moved out of the «behind the gate» dockage for «outside of the gate» dockage to make room for the Pride of Baltimore, a tall ship on its way out to the East Coast. Result: drunk teenagers walking by the boat at night and littering right up to the lines we were using to tie us down. The docks were in pretty shoddy shape, with splinters and screw heads sticking up… something that made walking the dog and bare-​footed adventures perilous at best!
The ugly: not much was ugly.
The overall: Montréal is a great city that deserves much credit. Port D’Escale would deserve much more if they made appropriate arrangements according to customer requests WELL in advance. And, also didn’t stick those customers next to jetboat and tourist boat launches. Great location, great attitude, so-​so follow through. I’d stay there again.