Cheakamus River
The Cheakamus River is a tributary of the Squamish River, beginning at the terminus of McBride Glacier on Mount Sir Richard in Garibaldi Provincial Park upstream from Cheakamus Lake on the southeastern outskirts of the resort area of Whistler.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Squamish Airport.
Squamish Airport
Aerodrome
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brackendale and Squamish.
Brackendale
Suburb
Brackendale is a small community in the Canadian province of British Columbia just north of Squamish town centre, but still within the District of Squamish.
Squamish
Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.
Cheakamus River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.78297° or 49° 46′ 59″ north
Longitude
-123.16938° or 123° 10′ 10″ west
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
84XRQRMJ+56
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cheakamus River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تشيكاموس”
- Asturian: “Ríu Cheakamus”
- Cebuano: “Cheakamus River”
- Chinese: “奇卡默斯河”
- Dutch: “Cheakamus River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تشياكاموس”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Cheakamus”
- French: “Cheakamus”
- German: “Cheakamus River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cheakamus”
- Japanese: “チーカマス川”
- Japanese: “チェカムス川”
- Spanish: “Cheakamus”
- Spanish: “Río Cheakamus”
- Swedish: “Cheakamus River”
- Urdu: “چیکامس دریا”
- Uzbek: “Cheakamus daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Cheakamus”
- “Cheakamus”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baynes Island and Judd Slough.
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