Cougar, WA

Cougar is an unincorporated community and former town in Cowlitz County, Washington. The 1990 census counted 122 residents. Cougar is located around 50 miles northeast of Vancouver on Washington State Route 503 and along the northwest bank of Yale Lake, a reservoir on the Lewis River. Cougar is in the territory of Woodland Public Schools, which operates Woodland High School. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Cougar, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Cougar, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.