B.C. residents have thoughts about weekend visit from Elon Musk
Controversial figure and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in B.C. over the weekend, and a few theories are circulating for why he was here.
According to ElonJet, a service that tracks everywhere Musk travels, he landed in Vancouver, where he allegedly once worked as a lumberjack, on the evening of Aug. 15.
Emily Lowan, with the BC Green Party, seemingly corroborated those details in a post on X, also sharing a picture of him. Travel info suggests that he went to the B.C. coast after landing in Vancouver.
Her post, along with other reports online, suggests he was in town to visit James Murdoch. James’ father is the billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who was the former CEO of Fox News, among other major accolades in the media world.
Elon Musk landed his private jet in Vancouver on Sat, hopped in a helicopter on alleged visit to the Murdoch billionaire bunker in Bella Coola – Fox News Founder & Tesla board member. Yet another reason to tax billionaires out of existence, end-times bunkers and all #bcpoli pic.twitter.com/9Vl3ylkX1i
— EmilyForBCGreens (@Emily_Lowan) August 18, 2025
Lowan’s post saw a lot of reaction, some of it from Musk supporters.
Person who creates nothing wants to ruin people who create rockets, the Internet, EVs and countless innovations, products and services that make our lives what they are today.
And of course she’s in politics where she can weaponize her stupidity against everyone else.
— Murphy Fowles (@FowlesMurphy) August 19, 2025
Others weren’t so supportive of Musk’s visit.
As a Canadian, I feel violated…and nauseous…by the presence of this human scum in my country.
— Jamie McGee 🇨🇦🍁 (@JamieMc46313002) August 19, 2025
We also need a provincial air defence system to keep our skies free of Fash like Musk and Murdoch 🙂
— Christina DiEdoardo (@ChristinaSFLaw) August 18, 2025
After his B.C. visit, ElonJet shows that Musk travelled back south, to Washington state.
Flew from Vancouver, British Columbia, CA to Seattle, Washington, US 24 hours ago.
Apx. flt. time 30 Mins. pic.twitter.com/3mNKotKQZ0— ElonJet Delayed (@ElonJetNextDay) August 19, 2025
According to James Murdoch’s online profile, he’s a board member for Tesla Inc., which is fuelling some of the theories about Musk’s alleged visit to his coastal home. A 2017 Globe and Mail report suggested that the Murdoch home is only accessible by boat or plane.
Australian Financial Review shared some additional details about the estate in a 2017 story, which included that the property was purchased for around $1.3 million and that it features a 1,300-foot landing strip and a 100-foot dock for large boats and float planes. There’s also apparently a floating restaurant that can seat 25 people.
Other details about the B.C. Murdoch estate are difficult to come by online.
Musk hasn’t shared any details about his visit on X, the social media platform he owns.
Daily Hive has contacted SpaceX, Neuralink, and Tesla for information relating to Musk’s visit to B.C.