Nestled along the south side of Highway 3 in southern Alberta, Lundbreck sits within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 at an elevation of 1,200 metres above sea level. The hamlet is positioned roughly 16 kilometres east of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, just 4 kilometres west of the Village of Cowley, and 16 kilometres west of the Town of Pincher Creek. The southern terminus of Highway 22 lies approximately 3 kilometres to the west, making Lundbreck a quietly connected point along a well-travelled southern Alberta corridor. Administratively, it falls within Census Division No. 3 and the federal riding of Macleod.
Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907 and marked its centennial in 2007. Its name honours two coal miners – Lund and Breckenridge – a fitting tribute to the community’s origins as a coal mining town that once grew to roughly 1,000 residents before the mines closed and the population declined sharply. By the 2021 Census, Lundbreck had rebounded to 289 residents living in 134 of its 145 private dwellings, reflecting a notable 22.5% increase from the 236 people recorded in 2016. The hamlet covers a compact land area of 0.42 square kilometres, giving it a population density of approximately 688 people per square kilometre. Education in the area is served by Livingstone School, a K-12 institution established in 1955 that consolidated students from surrounding rural schools, including those from Cowley and the northwestern portions of the M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9. One of Lundbreck’s notable figures is Valentine Milvain.