Cougar is an unincorporated community and former town in Cowlitz County, Washington.

Cougar is located around 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Woodland along Washington State Route 503 and situated along the northwest bank of Yale Lake, a reservoir on the Lewis River.

Cougar is the nearest community to Mount St. Helens, which lies 13 miles (20.9215 km) to its northeast.

The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.

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