Meet J. Armand Bombardier
"Born in 1907, Joseph-Armand grew up in a Valcourt, a small village in Quebec. Like many village places in rural and Northern Canada, Valcourt was often cut off from the world in the winter after snow made the roads impassable. Even when he was a kid, Armand was interested in inventing a vehicle that could drive through snow. As an adult, the passion to invent a snow machine became a serious ambition after his two-year-old son died from appendici...
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