Clover Point is located at the most southern extremity of Victoria.1 According to Walbran, Douglas named the site in reference to the red clover that was growing most luxuriously when he disembarked from the HMS Beaver;2 however, Scott disputes this claim, and proposes that Douglas named Clover Point during a visit to shore from the Cadboro in 1842.3
1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 125.
2. John T. Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1971), 96.