See Canyon is a valley in San Luis Obispo County, California.
Its mouth lies at an elevation of 33 feet (10 meters), at its confluence with San Luis Obispo Creek.
[1] See Canyon originally San Miguelito Canyon, a Spanish name from which the name of the Rancho San Miguelito grant to Don Miguel Avila was derived.
It was renamed for the pioneer family of Joseph See, who was: The 1860 Census of San Luis Obispo, lists Joseph See as a teamster worth $600.00 in personal property and landless.
Surrounded by mountainous terrain, the canyon is four miles (6.4 km) from the Pacific Coast with ideal conditions for growing apples and other fruit.