Meeks Bay, California

39°02′04″N 120°07′27″W

Meeks Bay
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°02′04″N 120°07′27″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation [1]	6,240 ft (1,902 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	985

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 baled 25 tons of wild hay in the meadows at the mouth of Meeks Creek in 1862.^[2]

Meeks Bay was once the site of a popular summer resort with a 400-seat theater, several restaurants, beauty shops, and horse stables. The resort closed in the 1970s and a US Forest Service campground was built on the site.^[3] The Washoe tribe later acquired meadow land along Lake Tahoe and gained the right to operate a newer resort complex at Meek's Bay, re-establishing some of the tribe's original presence along the shores of Lake Tahoe.^[4]

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

Ecology

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