Researching Bruce Nodwell
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The name Bruce means "Woodlands" and is of French origin.
Records of Bruce Nodwell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bruce Nodwell and the Nodwell Family History
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Some Famous People called Bruce Nodwell
Bruce Nodwell
Bruce Nodwell, (May 12, 1914 – January 20, 2006) was a Canadian inventor who invented the Nodwell 110, a multi-purpose two-tracked vehicle capable of traversing a wide variety of adverse terrain, including sand, mud, muskeg, swamp, and snow.
In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor, "for his contribution to the opening of the Canadian North through his inventions and development of various types of tracked vehicles". A mountain in Antarctica "Nodwell Peaks" and a lake in NWT bear his name.
Source: Bruce Nodwell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nodwell
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