"Cape Sutil (not Commerell)" was adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on early Spanish charts.

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

"The northerly extreme of Vancouver Island was named Cape Commerell by Captain Richards in 1862, but the name Sutil (having been given to it by the Spaniards in 1792) was restored by the Geographic Board in 1905, and the name of Commerell has now been transferred to a point previously unnamed..." (p.540)

Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)

"The name of Sutil Point was given in 1792 by Galiano and Valdes and shown on their charts. After the Spanish exploring schooner "Sutil" (meaning Subtle), commander Dionisio Alcala Galiano, which vessel in company with the "Mexicana", commander Cayetano Valdez, made an examination of the channels between what is now Vancouver Island and the mainland in the summer of 1792..... Renamed Cape Commerell in 1860 by Captain Richards. Original Spanish name restored to the point by the Geographic Board of Canada in 1906." (p.478)

Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)