J. Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier was born in Valcourt in 1907, He was the eldest of eight children born to Anna Gravel and Alfred Bombardier, who was a farmer who turned into a general merchant. On August 7, 1929, he married Yvonne Labrecque and together they had six children: Germain, Yvon, Janine, Claire, Huguette and André. When Bombardier was 15 he built his first snowmobile. He took the engine out of an old Model T Ford and mounted it on to the frame of a large farm sleigh. He put steering runners at the front and heavier, rigid runners at the back. He bolted a large hand-whittled propeller to the drive shaft of the engine The snowmobile was a success; it climbed over snowdrifts and traveled the ground with ease. Unfortunately, Bombardier's father was not impressed and made him dismantle the whole thing and put the pieces away. Bombardier continued to design snowmobiles. By the time he had graduated from high school in Sherbrooke and returned to Valcourt as a garage owner,
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