Cheakamus Lake | |
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Location | British Columbia |
Primary inflows | Castle Towers Creek, Cheakamus River, Singing Creek, |
Primary outflows | Cheakamus River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Surface area | 5.7 km² (2.2 mi²) |
Surface elevation | 2730 ft |
Islands | None |
Settlements | 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 km² (2.2 mi²). It is an expansion of the upper Cheakamus River, with the river entering it at its east end and exiting at the west end.[1]
In 2005, 40,000 litres of sodium hydroxide was spilled into the Cheakamus River, well downstream of the lake, as a result of a CN train derailment.[2]
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