The mountain was named after Rear Admiral John Washington, official Hydrographer, British Royal Navy, by Captain George Richards while charting the West Coast in the 1860s.

Mount Washington is home to the Vancouver Island marmot, an endangered mammal.

[4] The largest of these is the Tony Barrett Marmot Recovery Centre located on Mount Washington.

[5] The following broadcasting stations have their transmitter sites on the east face of Mount Washington, facing out over the Comox Valley and Campbell River: Several amateur radio repeaters are also located on Mount Washington.

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