British Columbia and a tiny fishing village is now atwitter after the world’s wealthiest man made an unannounced appearance over the weekend.
Elon Musk, the controversial and now apparently political CEO of Tesla and X, touched down in Bella Bella—an isolated town nestled in the Great Bear Rainforest—before departing again by helicopter.
His visit to the town with approximately 1,500 residents was a surprise.
Local resident Seán Carter told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the area is no stranger to high-profile visitors.
He added that Musk was possibly passing through en route to James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who is a board member at Tesla, where Musk serves as CEO, and who owns a property off the coast.
“It’s not every day the richest man in the world comes through town,” he said. “That’s going to be a tough one to top.”
CBC News confirmed that Musk’s private jet touched down in Vancouver late Friday night and departed Monday afternoon. Visual evidence viewed by the CBC reportedly aligns with flight data tracked online and show Musk arriving and departing.
Wait, Elon Musk is Canadian?
If you follow the lore of Musk, he was born in South Africa and is a Canadian citizen through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Regina, according to official biographies. Musk moved to Saskatchewan and then Vancouver as a teen, and attended college in Canada.
In recent months, Musk’s visits and Canadian ties have fueled debate. Earlier this year, a petition circulated calling for the government to revoke his citizenship over his role in President Trump’s White House, exactly as Musk was getting heavy handed in tariff talks between the two countries.
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