Meeks Bay, California

Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 120°07′27″W / 39.03444°N 120.12417°W / 39.03444; -120.12417

Meeks Bay
—  Unincorporated community  —
Meeks Bay Location in California
Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 120°07′27″W / 39.03444°N 120.12417°W / 39.03444; -120.12417
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation[1]	6,240 ft (1,902 m)

Meeks Bay (formerly, Meigs Bay, Micks Bay, and Murphys) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.^[1] It lies on Lake Tahoe at the mouth of Meeks Creek, at an elevation of 6240 feet (1902 m).^[1] The place is named for John Meeks, who owned the land.^[1] The Meeks brothers bailed 25 tons of wild hay in the meadows at the mouth of Meeks Creek in 1862.^[2]

A post office operated at Meeks Bay from 1929 to 1972.^[2]

Ecology

A beaver dam on Meeks Creek, Lake Tahoe August, 2010

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Meeks Bay, California
2. ^ ^{a b} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 522. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yfa0hmE7yocC&printsec=frontcover&dq=California's+Geographic+Names:+A+Gazetteer+of+Historic+and+Modern+Names+of+the+State&source=bl&ots=nGSWNOY0dP&sig=pCQsPHn6fcjD-1rnsyu_tejqRG4&hl=en&ei=u6NdTNzzBIn6swPg_JiqCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=meeks%20bay&f=false. Retrieved 2010-08-07.