Whytecliff Point adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 7 December 1937 on 92G/6. Form of name changed to White Cliff Point 28 July 1945 on C.3579, as labelled on early British Admiralty charts; confirmed 3 March 1949 on C.3586.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"The Admiralty Survey Expedition that charted Howe Sound gave the name "White Cliff Point" to the tip of the peninsula south of Horseshoe Bay, on account of the white appearance of the weathered cliffs just there. That name has been printed for years on the Admiralty charts of Howe Sound. When a certain Colonel Albert Whyte bought a lot of land around Horseshoe Bay he went after immortality, called the name of his property "Whytecliff" and persuaded the PGE to mis-spell the station name that way. (letter from Mr. Porter, per Mr. George Brealley, both of West Vancouver, 15 January 1927)."

Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives