dec 31, 1922 - Snowmobile

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier, age 15, builds a motorized sleigh with his brother Leopold; powered by a propeller and a four-cylinder Ford Model T engine, it has four sleigh runners; the brothers drive their experimental machine for a mile, but their father says it is too dangerous, and insists that they dismantle it. Valcourt, Quebec (CBC Archives - Bombardier: The Snowmobile Legacy)