Week Four

While walking to the Northern Store I noticed two old Bombardiers covered in snow in a yard. Not your regular ski-doos- these B12s I think are from the 1970's. I'll "readers digest" the history but Armand B designed and built the first of these snow machines in Quebec in the 1930's, these larger ones in the late 1940's up into late 70's? Variations were made as people movers, rescue, sidewalk plows, etc, etc. They were sold and used in centres like Montreal and then through any communities in Quebec, the North, Europe where tracked vehicles were needed since the one/two man snowmobiles had not been introduced yet.

So yes- they appear to be a little worse for wear on closer examination, so no Shelah- I will not be bringing them home to restore in the garage. But it was kind of a thrill to see one of these again, a little piece of Canadiana. I was looking for photos on line of machines in good condition to show you what they are supposed to look like- but you can do that yourselves, and I found this.

https://uphere.ca/articles/last-bombardiers.

_________I think that these are the ones! Todays sight seeing was to be the Welcome Centre and the local Library. Unfortunately both are closed. Maybe until summer? I will walk out the other direction tomorrow. Oh, it's next night. This only lasted for a few minutes, and I'll check a few more times through the night.