Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver: Homes for Sale, Prices, Schools and Daily Life

Horseshoe Bay is at the western end of West Vancouver. The province's place name record describes the bay as facing Queen Charlotte Channel in Howe Sound. Bay Street, Bruce Street and Royal Avenue are the central streets of the village, and Nelson Avenue leads south to Marine Drive. The District says Horseshoe Bay Park has a marina on its north side and the ferry terminal on its east side.

MLS® listings use four area names for the homes on this page. Horseshoe Bay WV is the village around the bay. Whytecliff is the community to the west, beside Whytecliff Park, where Cliff Road and Arbutus Road are. Eagleridge is named for Eagleridge Drive, which lies between Marine Drive and the highway, 1.4 km south of the village. Howe Sound covers homes further north along the Sea to Sky Highway. Its streets with listings on October 9, 2026 were Seascape Drive, Seascape Court and Bedora Place, beside Ansell Place and 3.4 km from the village in a straight line. The real estate board sets the lines between the four names, and we found no public street list for them, so read the area name printed on each listing.

Residents share the village with travellers bound for Nanaimo, the Sunshine Coast and Bowen Island. In our experience, the streets near the terminal are busiest on summer weekends and calm on a winter weekday. In our view, Horseshoe Bay suits a buyer who wants cafes, a waterfront park and a fast bus to downtown within a walk. A buyer who wants a large lot on a quiet street will find Gleneagles or Caulfeild a closer match.

The District of West Vancouver states that it is on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations. The province's place name record gives the Squamish name for Horseshoe Bay, spelled Ch'axáý on a Highway 99 sign that the record quotes. A website of the Squamish and Lil'wat Nations, cited in the record, says the name refers to the sizzling sound that herring made when they spawned here in large numbers. The local public school carries the name as Gleneagles Ch'axáý Elementary.

The record says a survey plan dated May 1892 labelled the water "Horse Shoe Bay". A British navy survey had named the point to the west White Cliff Point, for its weathered white cliffs. In 1909, Sir Charles Tupper and Colonel Albert Whyte opened a townsite here called White Cliff City, and a book quoted in the record says that in 1914 Colonel Whyte had the railway station named Whytecliff, spelled like his own name. On July 28, 1945, the province made Horseshoe Bay the settlement's official name, which its record calls the preferred local name. Whytecliff was adopted for the community west of the bay on July 15, 1983.

The District's history page says only a few families lived in Horseshoe Bay all year before 1931, when Dan Sewell opened a marina and Whytecliff Lodge. Car ferries arrived twenty years later. An article by Gary Little in the Squamish Chief dates the first Black Ball car ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons to August 11, 1951, and the first service to Departure Bay in Nanaimo to 1953. It says the provincial Cabinet approved the purchase of the Black Ball ferries and terminals on November 30, 1961.

People who live near the bay can walk to coffee, a meal and basic groceries. The counts on this page show the cafes, the grocery store and the pharmacy mapped inside the area, all within 300 metres of the centre of the village. In our experience, residents do a larger shop at Caulfeild Village or at Park Royal. The 262 bus is given 8 minutes from the ferry terminal stop to Caulfeild Village, and the 257 express between 17 and 21 minutes to Park Royal.

The closest community centre is Gleneagles Community Centre, south of the village, where the District lists a fitness centre, a sports gym, a pottery studio and an art studio. The nearest library is the West Vancouver Memorial Library, and the table on this page gives the distance.

The ferry terminal affects daily life. BC Ferries sails from here to Nanaimo, the Sunshine Coast and Bowen Island, and its terminal parking holds 598 cars. The District warns that parking beside Horseshoe Bay Park fills quickly, most of all on weekends. On the Howe Sound streets the nearest shops are those in the village. The 262 bus stops on the highway ramps there once an hour, 6 minutes from the ferry terminal stop. In our experience, a household there needs a car.

Horseshoe Bay Park is the village waterfront. The District describes a one hectare park with a playground, a spray park, a pier and picnic tables. In the copy of the District's page saved in August 2025, the washrooms are open all year from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and dogs on a leash may use the paved footpaths.

Whytecliff Park is at the end of the 7000 block of Marine Drive, west of the village. The District gives its size as more than 15 hectares and lists a playground, a picnic shelter, a swimming beach in a protected bay, short trails and free public tennis courts. The water off the park is a scuba diving site, and the District calls it a Saltwater Marine Protected Area. Fisheries and Oceans Canada lists Whytecliff Park as closed to fishing by any gear or method all year. Pay parking applies all year from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the District's page, as saved in August 2025, says a West Vancouver resident can apply for a yearly pass at no cost.

Two longer walks start nearby. Seaview Walk is an easy path of 4 km there and back, which the District says is suitable for wheelchairs, with an entrance across from Gleneagles Golf Course on Marine Drive. The Whyte Lake Trail starts on Westport Road, and the District calls it a two hour hike past old cedar and fir trees. The map on this page also marks Tantalus Park, Batchelor Bay Park and Garrow Bay Park.