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Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the snowmobile

Joseph-Armand Bombardier at the wheel of a Bombardier military snowmobile, March 1943.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier at the wheel of a Bombardier military snowmobile, March 1943. Armand Bombardier · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Quebec, developed snow vehicles that helped reduce winter isolation in rural areas of Canada and elsewhere. He patented the snowmobile in 1937 and the smaller Ski-Doo in 1960, both designed and built in Valcourt, and after his death the company he founded became a world leader in transportation.

Scope & context

Bombardier as described in his designation, not the company’s later history.

Sources behind this record

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text