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Cheam Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,104 m (6,903 ft) |
Prominence | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
Coordinates | 49°11′12″N 121°40′54″W / 49.18667°N 121.68167°W |
Geography | |
Interactive map of Cheam Peak | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Yale Division Yale Land District |
Parent range | North Cascades |
Topo map | NTS 92H4 Chilliwack |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1888 A. O. Campbell, Ebe B. Knight and party; probably ascended earlier by the local Indigenous peoples |
Easiest route | Southwest Route (3.8 km trail with 632m elevation gain) |
Cheam Peak or Mount Cheam (pronounced /ʃɛm/ and /ˈʃiːæm/ in English, [ˈʃiːəm] in Halqemeylem, the local indigenous language, referring to the lowland below. The Halqemeylem name for the mountain is Lhílheqey – Theeth-uhl-kay – from the word Lhelqey – "glacier" or "rehydrate",[1] referring to the west ridge of the peak).