"Le Petit Navire provides intimate 45-minute electric boat trips through Montréal’s Old Port, offering scenic views of the city’s architecture and riverfront." - Coolstuff Team
I grew up in Montreal and have been here countless times but had never done the canal cruise in Le Petit Navire. What a wonderful experience! Great scenery and the guide explained so much about the economic and social history. I’d gladly recommend this to any friends coming to Montreal!
Dabby Butorac
Google
Great water tour of Old Montreal. I highly recommend it. It’s worth what you pay. The guides take on the city and its history made it really fun! The Captain was great as well! The battery operated boat is beautiful. Smooth sailing and safe for the environment.
Colette McGuinness
Google
Lovely experience. Relaxed little cruise on the river. I enjoyed a glass of wine while admiring the evening views of Montreal. Guide was welcoming, I formative and funny. I recommend 👌
Daniel McIvor
Google
Really fun guide. The boats cool to be on. They show you some cool views of Montreal from a different perspective. They don’t travel very far tho, had they of gone out of the vicinity of where they dock it’d give it a 5. Still highly recommend tho it’s a fun thing to do.
Fabianna Bonne
Google
Great experience to see Montreal from the water. The staff are kind and helpful and the guide very knowledgeable. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, immersing in the views and history.
kat s
Google
I had a fantastic experience during my tour on Le Petit Navire! The guides were funny and entertaining, the views were beautiful and it was great to learn that the boats produce zero emissions. Highly recommend this tour.
Yelizaveta Zakharova
Google
Did tour of Lachine Canal which also included a small excursion into the St. Lawerence/Old Port area at the end. It was great! I have never seen functioning canal locks before so that was very exciting. Lot of great history, old industry and more modern architecture highlighted. Would highly recommend!
Percy Eriamiator
Google
Such a wonderful tour of historical sites along the waters. The guide Jorge was very thorough and answered my questions. The captain was also very nice. I’m glad the boats are electric and very safe to be on. The staff was also very helpful as well. I highly recommend this experience
Muy S.
Yelp
This tour was great and informative. I easily booked online for the same day. The boat was quiet and it was easy to hear the guide. It was a small group so it was overall very calm. The guide went around to help every group take a photo. You can purchase alcohol on the boat. They spoke English as everyone on the boat did, otherwise they can do the tour in French and English.
Jennifer M.
Yelp
The best boat tours in Montreal. I have done three
of them now: the Old Port, the Fireworks, and the Canal Lachine. Always excellent, great value, and no nasty smells because they run on clean electricity!
Neil J.
Yelp
Had a great time on this 45 minute cruise. Perfect amount of time to see the city from the water and learn about Montréal.
Who C.
Yelp
Great tour guided by enthusiastic (and very knowledgeable) young sailors or by the veteran captains themselves. The whole staff is incredibly sweet and welcoming.
There are two tours, one 45 minutes one in the Old Port harbour during which you learn about Montréal's origins and history since then. And another, on certain dates only, which takes you up (and down if you wish) the Lachine Canal all the way to the Atwater Market.
The small boats are the only fully ecological way to visit Montréal's waters. Some beverages are available once on board!
Tony P.
Yelp
The staff put in the effort, but this is a very slow, very boring tour of Montréal harbor. I've never taken a boat tour before where I was really glad when it was over until now.
Sofia Oksana B.
Yelp
This is a 45 minute tour of the Montreal harbor on a little boat that happens to have an electric, non-polluting engine. The captain was very entertaining and informative. The actual views you see are not very impressive; not because of some short fall of the tour, but because Montreal really doesn't have anything pretty to look at from the harbor. If you have a choice, take the Le Petit Navire Lachine Canal tour instead of the Harbor tour.
David G.
Yelp
Very pleasant cruise of the St. Lawrence River. Excellent customer service, and we had a very friendly captain. A bargain and a wonderful family experience
E F.
Yelp
Great short (1 hour) harbor tour of Montreal in small electric boat. Not huge boat like other tours in Montreal and the captain walks around speaking in both languages, unlike obnoxious depersonalized PA systems. Very pleasant; easy to strike up conversations with other travelers. Simple to find along the waterfront, reasonably prices. Note: while there is a roof overhead the sides are open so dress appropriately.