Armand Bombardier Father of the Snowmobile

Image living in a rural Canada in winter thirty to forty years ago. The snow blocks paths, lanes, and roads. It is impossible to go anywhere; you can hardly get out of the house to play outside. Farmers cannot get to rescue stranded cattle. Police cars, firetrucks and ambulances cannot get through the drifts. People are isolate. One man changed all of this; his name is Armand Bombardier. He built machines that could travel over …

…snowmobile had a small, sleek body and solid, sturdy wheels. In order to get better balance and control over the machine., the driver sat astride the machine. There was a good, flexible suspension system for support and a strong rubber track for driving. The machine cost $1000 plus tax and Bombardier sold 225 of them. Bombardier dies in 1965 but his work is still being carried on; his basic design of the snowmobile is still in use today.