Little Norway, California
Little Norway is a populated place in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Meyers,[2] at an elevation of 2233m (7326 feet).[1] The ZIP code is 95721.
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| Coordinates: 38°49′29″N 120°02′12″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Elevation | 7,326 ft (2,233 m) |
History
A post office was established at Little Norway in 1961.[2] The building was damaged by fire in 1967.[3] Two other fires broke out, a 1988 arson and a 1991 fire which caused $200,000 in damage to the Little Norway resort.[4]
Transport
Little Norway is situated on US Route 50 and was a Greyhound stop for cross country skiers.[5]
Little Norway is also an endpoint of the Little Norway to Lower Echo Lake Trail[6] managed by the United States Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
Botany
A specimen of bullthistle or bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), an invasive species native throughout most of Europe (north to 66°N, locally 68°N), Western Asia (east to the Yenisei Valley), and northwestern Africa, was collected near here in or before 1984. [7]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Norway, California
- Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 522. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- "Blaze guts Resort Units in El Dorado". April 25, 1967.
- "Midnight fire ravages Little Norway resort". April 11, 1991.
- "Many a slip between the bus and the lift, Phantom skier finds". February 1, 1982.
- "Little Norway to Lower Echo Lake". AllTrails.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- Barron, Robin; Holst, Erik M. (March 2000). "Bullthistle (Cirsium vulgare)". Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment (PDF). II. United States Forest Service. pp. O-7, O-8.
