Cheam Avenue is named after 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