The Lot (France’s longest tributary river) had been decommissioned in 1926, locks had been abandoned and hydro-electric barrages built when Christian Bernad started campaigning in 1971 for its restoration and re-opening.

On the lower river, nearer the junction with the river Garonne, the high hydro-electric barrage at Castelmoron had a deep lock created to one side, and just above the village a new inland port was dug out and built – called Port Lalande. Port Lalande opened in 1999 has 55 mooring berths and was originally a base for a self-drive hire fleet. 

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In the Port Lalande locality