Historical Marker
Camp Holbrook
Historical marker location:
55 Old Orchard Road, St. Albans, Vermont
( Marker is at the intersection of Old Orchard Road and Swanton Road (U.S. 7), on the right when traveling west on Old Orchard Road.)
Marker installed: 2010
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.