Blue Canyon | |
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Coordinates: 39°15′26″N 120°42′40″W / 39.25722°N 120.71111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Placer County |
Elevation | 4,695 ft (1,431 m) |
Blue Canyon (also, Blue Cañon) is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California.[1] Blue Canyon is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Emigrant Gap.[2] It lies at an elevation of 4695 feet (1431 m).[1]
Blue Canyon was possibly named for the blue smoke of the camps when extensive lumbering occurred there in the 1850s. It might otherwise have been named after a miner from that same period named "Old Jim Blue".[3]
The Blue Canyon post office operated from 1867 to 1927. The Blue Cañon post office operated from 1936 to 1942 and from 1948 to 1964.[2]