Cheam Elementary School derives its name from Mount Cheam.
The name Cheam is derived from the Cheam Indian Band and the nearby Mount Cheam. In Halq’eméylem, Cheam means “wild strawberry place”. The Stó:lō place name for Cheam Peak is Lhilheqey, meaning “place where thunder used to come out of” (Carlson, 2001).
Alternate spellings: Mt. Cheam; Mount Cheam; Cheam Peak; Cheam Mountain
References:
- Carlson, K. (2001). A Stó:lō Coast Salish Historical Atlas. Chilliwack, B.C.: Stó:lō Nation
Photograph caption: Photograph shows a group portrait of students and their teacher, standing at front entrance of the Cheam Elementary School, 1913. [Chilliwack Museum and Archives photograph P1219]