Murray Lundberg 🇨🇦
@explorenorth.bsky.social
Discovered the Yukon in 1985, never leaving. Historian, traveller, photographer, writer, wilderness hiker, naturist, dog lover, antifa - on some particularly fine days, all of those things. Photos are mine unless otherwise credited.
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Hedley Nickel Plate Mine Road, BC.
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lucky Four Mine, Chilliwack, BC. #Kodachrome, September 1989.
Hiking to a small cemetery along Windy Arm, a kilometer south of the Yukon-BC border.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hiking to a small cemetery along Windy Arm, a kilometer south of the Yukon-BC border.
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail on July 20th. Ain't no Summer up that way!
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hiking the Chilkoot Trail on July 20th. Ain't no Summer up that way!
The 1930 Living Room ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The 1930 Living Room ❤️
Women in aviation, 1929. This photo and story about Peggy Paxon and Lucille Wallingford appeared in over 100 newspapers starting on Aug 26, another 100+ without the photo. Then they vanished and set off a police hunt. After being found, they just vanished from the newspapers.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Women in aviation, 1929. This photo and story about Peggy Paxon and Lucille Wallingford appeared in over 100 newspapers starting on Aug 26, another 100+ without the photo. Then they vanished and set off a police hunt. After being found, they just vanished from the newspapers.
Rich people in 1929. Today, if they hoard rather than share willingly, #TAXTHERICH!
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Rich people in 1929. Today, if they hoard rather than share willingly, #TAXTHERICH!
Success. Over the past couple of days I've built a ramp for my old dog Bella. I walked her down and up it 4 times on a leash, then blocked the stairs so she has to use it, and she's already fine with it. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little girl ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Success. Over the past couple of days I've built a ramp for my old dog Bella. I walked her down and up it 4 times on a leash, then blocked the stairs so she has to use it, and she's already fine with it. There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little girl ❤️
Canadians - if you have a Vivint home security system, you should call the new owner, Telus, soon. We've now signed up for a much-upgraded full-coverage system including a camera for just over half the price we were paying Vivint without the camera.
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Canadians - if you have a Vivint home security system, you should call the new owner, Telus, soon. We've now signed up for a much-upgraded full-coverage system including a camera for just over half the price we were paying Vivint without the camera.
On June 21, 1985, I was on the shore of the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, with my own plane, on a trip that changed my life - I learned where I belong.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
On June 21, 1985, I was on the shore of the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, with my own plane, on a trip that changed my life - I learned where I belong.
Patti Page with her new Golden Anniversary edition Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible in Banff Blue. Holiday magazine, June 1958. The height of the days of The American Dream for many people.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Patti Page with her new Golden Anniversary edition Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible in Banff Blue. Holiday magazine, June 1958. The height of the days of The American Dream for many people.
I love spindrift days in the Kluane Range (as long as a warm car isn't far away).
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love spindrift days in the Kluane Range (as long as a warm car isn't far away).
I'm always honoured to be asked to supply photos for calendars being produced by non-profits. This photo of the Alaska Highway at Christmas Creek (just east of Kluane Lake, Yukon), shot in February 2024, will be on the calendars being produced by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE).
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm always honoured to be asked to supply photos for calendars being produced by non-profits. This photo of the Alaska Highway at Christmas Creek (just east of Kluane Lake, Yukon), shot in February 2024, will be on the calendars being produced by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE).
If the clouds do actually leave this evening, this will be a fine bit of winter - we only have 5-6 inches of snow.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If the clouds do actually leave this evening, this will be a fine bit of winter - we only have 5-6 inches of snow.
The package said it would make 30 cookies. It made 13 for me - go big or go home 😁
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The package said it would make 30 cookies. It made 13 for me - go big or go home 😁
Blowdown Pass, British Columbia.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Blowdown Pass, British Columbia.
Morning at George F. L. Charles Airport at Castries, Saint Lucia.
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Morning at George F. L. Charles Airport at Castries, Saint Lucia.
In 1972 I bought a former Vancouver City Police paddy wagon and built what we called a "shaggin' wagon" in those days 😆. It was very comfortable in the back, with a propane fireplace, and I did some great trips in it, from Vancouver to as far as Yellowstone and Ensenada, Mexico.
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In 1972 I bought a former Vancouver City Police paddy wagon and built what we called a "shaggin' wagon" in those days 😆. It was very comfortable in the back, with a propane fireplace, and I did some great trips in it, from Vancouver to as far as Yellowstone and Ensenada, Mexico.
A year ago, my daughter and I got matching tattoos at a shop in Yuma. It was a spur-of-the-moment idea, to celebrate an amazing road trip we were on - it was my first and probably only tattoo. I had rented a BMW convertible in Phoenix, and we did a big desert wander for a week ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A year ago, my daughter and I got matching tattoos at a shop in Yuma. It was a spur-of-the-moment idea, to celebrate an amazing road trip we were on - it was my first and probably only tattoo. I had rented a BMW convertible in Phoenix, and we did a big desert wander for a week ❤️
From my collection, this wonderful Canadian Pacific ad featuring a Bristol Britannia jetprop is from the June 1958 issue of Holiday magazine.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
From my collection, this wonderful Canadian Pacific ad featuring a Bristol Britannia jetprop is from the June 1958 issue of Holiday magazine.
I'm almost finished a major page about a flying boat that first flew in 1929 (the Eastman E-2 Sea Rover), but I keep getting distracted by the wonderful car ads of that period.
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm almost finished a major page about a flying boat that first flew in 1929 (the Eastman E-2 Sea Rover), but I keep getting distracted by the wonderful car ads of that period.
Well isn't that bizarre - must be windy at the weather office, which I think is in Kamloops now 😔
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Well isn't that bizarre - must be windy at the weather office, which I think is in Kamloops now 😔
Whatcha doin' down there, Dad? #DogsofBluesky
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Whatcha doin' down there, Dad? #DogsofBluesky
Wow - Whitehorse is reporting sustained south wind of 42 km/h, while 15 km away we don't have even a breath of wind to knock the snow off the trees. It's a very pleasant -7C. Even my little dog Tucker is okay with it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Wow - Whitehorse is reporting sustained south wind of 42 km/h, while 15 km away we don't have even a breath of wind to knock the snow off the trees. It's a very pleasant -7C. Even my little dog Tucker is okay with it.
I've just completed 3 pages of articles about the deadly Palm Sunday Avalanche which occurred in the Chilkoot Pass at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, on Sunday, April 3, 1898. The articles are from the Dyea Press and Dyea Trail newspapers of April 3-16, 1898. explorenorth.com/klondike/pal...
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've just completed 3 pages of articles about the deadly Palm Sunday Avalanche which occurred in the Chilkoot Pass at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, on Sunday, April 3, 1898. The articles are from the Dyea Press and Dyea Trail newspapers of April 3-16, 1898. explorenorth.com/klondike/pal...