After having sailed from the mid-1980s on the lake with René Jomain, known as the Crossbow, at the helm, the Mississippi stopped transporting tourists in the mid-1990s. It then remained at the quay, opposite the Father’s restaurant. Durdu, for more than 15 years, waiting for a possible buyer.
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En 2005, the company that operates it, Ain-Jura tourisme, was declared bankrupt. His last trip on the lake will be on November 14, 2009 when his moorings come loose… He then sets off adrift and finds himself stuck in the harbor of Port, near the gangway.
After an unsuccessful auction on November 21, 2009, the town hall of Nantua bought it for the symbolic euro to remove it. ” It is a wreck which can be dangerous and polluting. It is quite devaluing for the body of water which is a classified site
Says the then mayor Jean-Pierre Carminati.
In April 2010, the one that had transported more than 10,000 tourists on the lake was taken out of the water and cut up by a specialist company at a cost of 12,000 euros.
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