Tiger is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Pend Oreille County Pend Oreille County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, along the Canada–United States border, Canada–US border. As of the 2020 United States census, 20 ...

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, United States. Named for early settler George Tiger, Tiger is located near

Washington State Route 31 State Route 31 (SR 31) is a Washington state highway located entirely in Pend Oreille County. The highway, which is long, starts at an intersection with in Tiger and travels north to the Canada–US border north of Metaline Falls. ...

south of Ione. Tiger had its start in 1899 when George Tiger established a river

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there.

Geography

Tiger is located on the west bank of the

Pend Oreille River The Pend Oreille River ( ) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. In its passage through British Columbia ...

as it flows north towards

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, Canada. The nearest settlement is Ione.

References

Unincorporated communities in Pend Oreille County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{PendOreilleCountyWA-geo-stub