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    Joseph-Armand Bombardier (French pronunciation: [ʒɔzɛf aʁmɑ̃ bɔ̃baʁdje]; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who...
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  • Headquartered in Montreal, the company was founded in 1942 by Joseph-Armand Bombardier to market his snowmobiles and became one of the world's biggest...
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  • Québec. Bombardier Inc., was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt...
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  • and entrepreneur Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964), Canadian inventor and businessman, founder of Bombardier Inc. Denise Bombardier (1941–2023), Canadian...
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    Can-Am Off-Road (category Bombardier Recreational Products)
    was founded in 1942 as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snow Car Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier in Valcourt, Quebec, Canada. BRP owns...
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    the markets and available only through Ford dealerships. In 1935 Joseph-Armand Bombardier assembled and successfully tested the first snowmobile. It was...
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  • Autoroute de l'Énergie north of the Autoroute 20 and Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier south of it) is an important north–south Autoroute and the only...
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    (2011) The inventor of the snowmobile, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, was born in Valcourt. The J. Armand Bombardier museum is situated on the territory of...
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    in mind, Joseph-Armand Bombardier developed 7- and 12-passenger half-track autoneiges in the 1930s, starting what would become the Bombardier industrial...
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    Ski-Doo (category Bombardier Recreational Products)
    new invention created by Joseph-Armand Bombardier. The original name was Ski-Dog, but a typographical error in a Bombardier brochure changed the name...
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    2013-10-04. "Nellie McClung". Historica Canada. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "Joseph-Armand Bombardier". Historica Canada. Retrieved 2013-10-04. "J.S. Woodsworth". Historica...
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    Barrow and the Grand Canal (2008) and The Snowman: The Story of Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 2020. Potterton was an accomplished landscape painter. He was...
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    Roski (category Bombardier Recreational Products)
    America. In 1963 Joseph-Armand Bombardier created the division Roski Ltd. to supply composite parts for the SKI-DOO assembly line at Bombardier (now BRP), including...
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  • invented by John Michael Lyons in 1882 Snowmobile – invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937) TM4 MФTIVE – a lightweight magnet electric motor invented...
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    Mark Belanger Jehane Benoît Justin Bieber Marcheline Bertrand Joseph-Armand Bombardier Isabelle Boulay Camilla, Queen of the United Kingdom Jim Carrey...
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  • pre-startup of technology-based businesses. The building is named for Joseph-Armand Bombardier, the inventor of the snowmobile. The Pierre-Lassonde et Claudette...
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  • Boehringer [de] Boeing – William Boeing Bölkow – Ludwig Bölkow Bombardier Inc. – Joseph-Armand Bombardier Bomgar – Joel Bomgaars Bonhams – Walter Bonham Bonnier...
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  • the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964) – invented the snowmobile Gerald Bull (1928–1990) –...
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  • suspended.[citation needed] Autoroutes of Quebec Unbuilt Autoroutes "Joseph-Armand-Bombardier Autoroute (A-51)". Quebec Autoroutes. Archived from the original...
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    (the name Ski-Doo is often used for the whole category, since Joseph-Armand Bombardier 1922 built the first snowmobile, Ski-Dog, which mutated to Ski-Doo...
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  • Dutch businessman (d. 2005) 1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964) 1907 – August Eigruber...
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  • Glacier. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian engineer who developed the "Snowmobile", one of the earliest...
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    Canada. Bombardier's grandfather was Joseph-Armand Bombardier, founder of Bombardier Inc. and inventor of the snowmobile. At age 16, Bombardier began working...
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  • theologian (born 1877) February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor of the snowmobile and founder of Bombardier Inc. (born 1907) February 25 Alexander...
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    Quebec as well. The snowmobile (or "skidoo"), invented in Quebec by Joseph-Armand Bombardier, is a popular hobby, though its reputation has been marred by several...
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    British Columbia (b. 1890) February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor, businessman and founder of Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907) March 3 – Angus MacInnis...
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  • Laurent Beaudoin (category Bombardier Inc.)
    University of Sherbrooke, he married Claire Bombardier, daughter of Canadian businessman Joseph Armand Bombardier. Beaudoin began his career in 1961 in Sherbrooke...
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    United States border at Stanstead R-155 in Shawinigan Autoroute Joseph-Armand-Bombardier, Autoroute de l'énergie 01964-01-011964 current A-65 — — Thetford...
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  • her PhD studies at Trent. As a PhD candidate, Beeds received a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship to support her research on violence...
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  • Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) April 16 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor, founder of Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964) April 21 – Wade Mainer, American...
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