Ski-Doo
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Ski-Doo is a brand name of snowmobile
Snowmobile
A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, or sled,is a land vehicle for winter travel on snow. Designed to be operated on snow and ice, they require no road or trail. Design variations enable some machines to operate in deep snow or forests; most are used on open terrain, including...

 fabricated by Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.In 2003, Bombardier Inc...

. The first Ski-Doo was launched in 1959. It was a new invention Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a Canadian inventor and businessman, and was the founder of Bombardier...

. The original name was Ski-Dog, the « g » was misprinted by mistake in the advertising of the time and was transformed to « o » in its publicity campaigns.

The first Ski-Doos found customers with missionaries, trapper
Trapper
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s, and prospectors, land surveyors and other persons who need to displace themselves in snow remote areas. The largest success for the snowmobile came from sport enthusiasts, a market that opened the door to massive production of snowmobiles..
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