Little Norway, California
Coordinates: 38°49′29″N 120°02′12″W / 38.82472°N 120.03667°W
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| Coordinates: 38°49′29″N 120°02′12″W / 38.82472°N 120.03667°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Elevation | 7,326 ft (2,233 m) |
Little Norway (formerly, Phillips Station and Vade) is a small unincorporated community 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. The community is inside area code 530.
History[edit]
A post office was established at Little Norway in 1961.[2] The postmaster's house 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Norway, California
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Search this book on
- ↑ "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. Search this book on
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