Lake Champlain Navy Memorial

Historical marker location:

Burlington, Vermont

( Marker can be reached from College Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Vermont was the birthplace of the snowmobile: In 1922, a Vermont man named Carl Eliason built the first snowmobile, which he called a "snow machine." The snow machine was made from a Model T Ford engine and had a track instead of wheels. The invention was later refined and became the basis for the modern snowmobile.