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THIS PAGE IS COVERING DAUPHIN
SNOWMOBILES.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
SNOWMOBILE
INDUSTRY IN GRAND MERE, QUEBÉC.
THE
PRODUCTION SHOULD START IN JULY.
A
NEW SNOWMOBILE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE TOWN OF GRAND MERE AND
WILL BE OPERATING AROUND JULY OF THIS YEAR.
A
GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN FROM THIS CITY, A FEW WEEKS AGO FORMED A COMPANY NAMED
LES INDUSTRIES DAUPHIN INC.
THE
PRESIDENT OF THIS NEW COMPANY IS MR CLAUDE
LAVERGNE OF DES INDUSTRIES CLAUDE LAVENGNE
INC OF GRAND MERE.
THIS
COMPANY RECENTLY ACQUIRED A VAST PREMISES.
IT
HAS 14,000 SQUARE FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE MACHINERY TO BUILD SNOWMOBILES
AND HAS A LARGE WAREHOUSE AND SHIPPING AREA.
1500
TO 2000 ENGINES.
A
SPOKESPERSON SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING WOULD BEGIN SHORTLY
AND
THAT
ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BUILD SNOWMOBILES WOULD BE IN PLACE A FEW WEEKS.
WE
ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING A PROTOTYPE THAT WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR THE 1970
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES.
THE
NEW SNOWMOBILE WILL BE BUILT ENTIRELY AT THE GRAND MERE PLANT WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE ENGINE.
WE
ARE ESTIMATING THAT WE WILL BUILD AROUND 1500 TO 2000 SNOWMOBILES THIS
YEAR AND COMPETE ON THE QUEBÉC MARKET.
THE
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES WILL BE SOLD IN CANADA AND THE USA.
THE
COMPANY HAS EXCELLENT CONTACTS TO SELL THE SNOWMOBILES.
LOCAL
LABOR WILL BE USED TO CONSTRUCT AND ASSEMBLE SNOWMOBILE PARTS.
THE
COMPANY WILL EMPLOY 150 PEOPLE IN NORMAL TIMES.
THE
FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION WILL HAVE 3 DIFFERENT MODELS AND 3 ENGINE SIZES.
SNOW
GOER SPRING 1969 ISSUE
1969
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE PROTOTYPE
THAT
APPEARED IN 1969 SNOW GOER MAGAZINE SPRING
ISSUE.
PICTURE
IS OF A 1970 DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
AN
IMPORTANT COMPANY IS PRODUCING SNOWMOBILES IN GRAND MERE.
MANY
PERSONALITIES WERE ON HAND LAST SATURDAY TO INAUGURATE THE DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
COMPANY.
JEAN
CHRETIEN WAS ON HAND. ( HE WOULD LATER
BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ).
MR.
CLAUDE LAVERGNE, PRESIDENT OF DAUPHIN WAS ALSO ON HAND.
PICTURE
IS OF A 1970 DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
AN
IMPORTANT COMPANY IS PRODUCING SNOWMOBILES IN GRAND MERE.
MANY
PERSONALITIES WERE ON HAND LAST SATURDAY TO INAUGURATE THE DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
COMPANY.
JEAN
CHRETIEN WAS ON HAND. ( HE WOULD LATER
BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ).
MR.
CLAUDE LAVERGNE, PRESIDENT OF DAUPHIN WAS ALSO ON HAND.
LAST
WEEKEND MARKED THE OFFICIAL START OF LES INDUSTRIES DAUPHIN INC.
THE
COMPANY WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR GUEST, 1
- 1970 DAUHIPN SNOWMOBILES EVERY
6 MINUTES.
THE
VAST MAJORITY OF PARTS TO PRODUCE THE DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILES WERE LOCALLY
MADE.
MR.
CLAUDE LAVERGNE, PRESIDENT OF DAUPHIN SAID THAT 200 PEOPLE WILL BE EMPLOYED
WHO CAN PRODUCE 50 - 55
SNOWMOBILES DAILY.
THIS
NEW SNOWMOBILE WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE USA, ONTARIO, MANITOBA, THE MARITIMES
AND QUEBÉC.
5000
SNOWMOBILES ARE PROJECTED TO BE SOLD TO 13 DISTRIBUTORS AND 335 DEALERS
ACROSS NORTH AMERICA.
THE
PRODUCTION FOR 1969 HAS A VALUE OF $ 4,500,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
MR.
CLAUDE LAVERGNE, PRESIDENT OF DAUPHIN AND THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE PLEASE TO
ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE CREATING 200 JOBS.
THE
SHAREHOLDERS HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING ON MARCH 11, 1969.
DURING
THE FIRST 6 MONTH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A PLAN, BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND
SET UP THE PLANT.
1970
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
1970
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
TEMPORARY
LAYOFF OF 200 EMPLOYEES AT DAUPHIN INDUSTRIES.
DAUPHIN
INDUSTRIES HAD TO TEMPORARILLY LAY OFF 200 EMPLOYEES DUE TO A SHORTAGE
OF RAW MATERIALS.
A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY SAID THAT THE LAYOFF HAPPENED AS IT BECAME
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE STEEL AND NICKEL PRODUCE SNOWMOBILES.
A
STRIKE IS PARALYZING THE PLANTS OF THESE 2 MATERIALS.
HOWEVER,
THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO TRY TO OBTAIN STEEL AND NICKEL FROM THE
USA.
THE
DECISION WAS MADE AFTER AN EMERENGCY MEETING.
DELEGATES
WILL MAKE THE TRIP TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS.
A
SPOKESMEN FOR THE COMPANY SAID THAT EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT BE ALARMED AND
THEY WILL EVENTUALLY RETURN TO WORK.
1970
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE ON LEFT
SEE
PICTURE BELOW
1970
DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
3000
PEOPLE ATTENDED A SNOWMOBILE SHOW THIS PAST WEEKEND.
YOU
CAN SEE THE BRANDS LISTED IT THE ARTICLE.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS, PEOPLE HAVE SEEN A DAUPHIN SNOWMOBILE IN THE LOBBY OF THE
BANK.
THE
MANAGER OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL BANK HAD BOUGHT ONE.
HE
IS HAPPY THAT HE DID AS LAST SATURDAY HE USED TO GET TO WORK.
IT
WAS EASY TO FIND PARKING.
THE
TEXT SAYS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING.....
SNOWMOBILE
MADE IN GRAND MERE
A
NEW INDUSTRY WAS BORN IN 1969, LES INDUSTRIES DAUPHIN WHO PRODUCES SNOWMOBILES.
THIS
COMPANY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMY.
THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY OF EXPANSION.
