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Pelican
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lished the first permanent settlement in the Louisiana Territory at Biloxi, Miss., in 1699. He was the older brother of Jean Baptiste leMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, who chose the site for the port of New Orleans at a place fronting what is now the Vieux Carre.
With the restoration of Le Pelican nearly finished, Boudreaux hopes to find a tourism company willing to team up to turn Le Pelican into an attraction on the New Orleans riverfront.
The ship?s owner, William Ju-liano of Mount Laurel, N.J., originally planned to move the 2 ship to Florida when the restoration is complete. But Boudreaux said he thinks New Orleans is a better fit.
?It has more historic value here,? he said, ?so we?re going to offer it to someone here.?
If the ship does find a willing impresario to berth the ship on the riverfront, such a deal would mark the end of the ship?s three-year journey around New Oy- _
docked as a tourist attract.cn on
the St. Lawrence River. A sachusetts company eve*^1^ bought the ship and moved it to New Orleans but never found a
spot to berth it.	,	.
For almost two years, the ship was berthed on the Harvey Canal. Eventually bought the ship and movedlH? the Industrial Canal, where it is
being restored at the Maritime Systems/Mayer Yacht Service
shipyard, Boudreaux said.
Boudreaux said he hopes tn renovation will attracUnterest
?It?s like an old car, he saia. ?It looked kind of bad (before the renovation). But once you stune it up and paint it, everybody wants to look at it.