benz9
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I know that a lot of the users of this forum are from south of the border to Canada, but I have to mention this in case you decide to come see our beautiful country by ways of the "Belle Province" of Quebec.
When the entire household left me alone for the whole weekend, instead of being a couch patato, I decided to take a trip east and check out a couple of bone yards for parts by way of stopping to see my Grandmother to wish her a happy 91st birthday. On Sunday, we checked Google maps and found that Valcourt is closer to Drummondville than I originally figured so I decided to go visit the museum of Josheph Armand Bombardier.
As stated in a post last winter by "Le Loup", you are asked not to take pictures in the museum, so no pics to go with this post. If you like snow cats and want to see how they went from a model-T Ford half track to a Muskeg tractor, that is what 2/3 of the museum is about with a beautiful display of all the vehicules and stories to go along with each one of them. All the rare Bombardier snow cats are there too, the mini-snowmobile, the baby carrier, a very special edition of the Muskeg tractor with many logging attachments. The other 1/3 of the museum is dedicated to the Ski-Doo and all other forms of it by other US and International companies. Not as interesting to me, but still worth the visit. They also have a temporary exhibit this summer all about tracks and sprockets, where you can see a longer version of the B-12 made into a tracked pick-up truck... and many more. I showed up at noon and had the museum to myself for over an hour! Upon leaving, I spoke with some of the staff and got the name/phone#/email of the gentleman who can tell me all the original colors the cats had back in the days. I also got a hint, if you go, try and go on weekdays, for an extra 5$, you get to visit the factory where they make Ski-Doos and Sea-Doos. They make Ski-Doos in the summer, so if you come up this summer, that's what you'll see.
It's far from the big cities that most tourists visit, but well worth the detour if you like snow cats. I recommend it!
When the entire household left me alone for the whole weekend, instead of being a couch patato, I decided to take a trip east and check out a couple of bone yards for parts by way of stopping to see my Grandmother to wish her a happy 91st birthday. On Sunday, we checked Google maps and found that Valcourt is closer to Drummondville than I originally figured so I decided to go visit the museum of Josheph Armand Bombardier.
As stated in a post last winter by "Le Loup", you are asked not to take pictures in the museum, so no pics to go with this post. If you like snow cats and want to see how they went from a model-T Ford half track to a Muskeg tractor, that is what 2/3 of the museum is about with a beautiful display of all the vehicules and stories to go along with each one of them. All the rare Bombardier snow cats are there too, the mini-snowmobile, the baby carrier, a very special edition of the Muskeg tractor with many logging attachments. The other 1/3 of the museum is dedicated to the Ski-Doo and all other forms of it by other US and International companies. Not as interesting to me, but still worth the visit. They also have a temporary exhibit this summer all about tracks and sprockets, where you can see a longer version of the B-12 made into a tracked pick-up truck... and many more. I showed up at noon and had the museum to myself for over an hour! Upon leaving, I spoke with some of the staff and got the name/phone#/email of the gentleman who can tell me all the original colors the cats had back in the days. I also got a hint, if you go, try and go on weekdays, for an extra 5$, you get to visit the factory where they make Ski-Doos and Sea-Doos. They make Ski-Doos in the summer, so if you come up this summer, that's what you'll see.
It's far from the big cities that most tourists visit, but well worth the detour if you like snow cats. I recommend it!