Cheakamus
| Language of origin | Salishan language family Sḵwxwú7mesh sníchim language |
| Feature Type: | 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. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Cheakamus River just N of Brackendale, N of Squamish, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°49'59"N, 123°09'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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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. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cheakmus (sic) Post Office was opened 1 July 1913; closed 30 May 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in association with Cheakamus River, in turn anglicized from Tseearkamisht, a Squamish word meaning "people who use the cedar rope fishing net". Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |