Whytecliff Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. W of Horseshoe Bay, in West Vancouver, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

Whytecliff: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Whytecliff

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Whytecliff

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Whytecliff Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Whytecliff

References to Whytecliff that document the origin of its place name

Whytecliff (community) adopted 15 July 1983 on 92G/6.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Whytecliff Post Office was opened 1 June 1920. Renamed Horsehoe Bay Post Office 9 April 1942, however residents continued to identify their settlement as Whytecliff.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

The Admiralty survey of Howe Sound, taking note of the white rock of the promontory here, named it "White Cliff Point". In 1909 Sir Charles Tupper and Colonel Albert Whyte of the West Shore and Northern Land Company Limited opened their White Cliff City townsite. In 1914 Colonel Whyte used his influence with the British Columbia Railway to have the company name its station here not "White Cliff" but "Whytecliff".

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Metro Vancouver Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-26