Cheakamus Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. E side Cheakamus River just N of Brackendale, N of Squamish, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

Cheakamus: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Cheakamus

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Cheakamus

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Cheakamus Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Cheakamus

References to Cheakamus that document the origin of its place name

Cheakamus (Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92/SE, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Form of name changed to Cheakamus (Community) 29 April 1983 on 92G/14.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Cheakmus (sic) Post Office was opened 1 July 1913; closed 30 May 1914.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Named in association with Cheakamus River, in turn anglicized from Tseearkamisht, a Squamish word meaning "people who use the cedar rope fishing net".

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01