{{Short description|Lake in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Cheakamus Lake | image = Cheakamuslake.JPG | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = British Columbia | coords = {{coord|50|0|29.1|N|122|55|10.2|W|type:waterbody_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | type = |pushpin_map=British Columbia | inflow = Castle Towers Creek, Cheakamus River, Singing Creek, | outflow = Cheakamus River | catchment = | basin_countries = Canada | length = | width = | area = {{convert|5.7|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|2730|ft|abbr=on}} | islands = None | cities = None }} '''Cheakamus Lake''' is a lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park on the southeastern outskirts of the resort municipality of Whistler, British Columbia. It has an area of 5.7 km<sup>2</sup> (2.2 mi<sup>2</sup>). It is an expansion of the upper Cheakamus River, with the river entering it at its east end and exiting at the west end.<ref>{{BCGNIS|4977|Cheakamus Lake}}</ref>
In 2005, 40,000 litres of sodium hydroxide were spilled into the Cheakamus River, well downstream of the lake, as a result of a CN train derailment.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cn-faulted-for-squamish-derailment/article20398751/ CN faulted for Squamish derailment], The Globe and Mail</ref>
thumb|center|500px|Cheakamus Lake
==See also== *List of lakes of British Columbia
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Category:Lakes of British Columbia Category:Sea-to-Sky Corridor Category:New Westminster Land District
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