Ariel () is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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. Ariel is located northeast of the city of

Woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

along

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, situated north of the Lewis River and on the northwest bank of

Lake Merwin Lake Merwin is a reservoir on the Lewis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies on the border between Clark County and Cowlitz County. It was created in 1931 with the construction of Merwin Dam. See also * List of lakes in Washington (sta ...

. The Ariel community is part of the Woodland School District, a

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school district of about 2,200 students.

Culture

Lelooska Foundation and Cultural Center

The Lelooska Museum is located in Ariel, Washington.

D. B. Cooper Days

Every year since 2011 the

D. B. Cooper D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Wa ...

Days are held at the Ariel Store and Tavern. The festival is a celebration of the skyjacking case of Dan Cooper, who hijacked a

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over the

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with US$200,000 on November 24, 1971.

References

External links

Woodland Public Schools website
Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{CowlitzCountyWA-geo-stub