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‘Cougar Annie Tales’ relives legendary settler’s life at the Duncan Showroom

Cougar Annie was anything but a typical woman in the 1900s
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‘Cougar Annie Tales’ revolves around the life of Ada Annie Jordan, who settled in the Clayoquot coastal rainforest in 1915. (Photo courtesy Katrina Kadoski)

The Duncan Showroom is presenting Cougar Annie Tales on Sunday, April 2.

The legendary west coast settler Cougar Annie was anything but a typical woman in the 1900s, according to a press release sent in advance of the show.

“She trapped over 70 cougars, homesteaded a rainforest bog, opened a remote post office, and outlived four husbands,” said the release.

Singer/songwriter Kat Kadoski takes the audience through Cougar Annie’s life, and Kadoski is uniquely qualified to do it. She spent three years caring for Cougar Annie’s garden in Clayoquot Sound, immersing herself in the folklore surrounding the legendary pioneer-settler.

Kadoski says Cougar Annie Tales “uses dramatic narrative, images, letters, and original compositions to celebrate the unconventional life of one of B.C.’s most colourful characters” from when the California-born Ada Annie Jordan first settled in the Clayoquot rainforest in 1915 with her first husband and three kids, through her five-acre garden cultivation and animal trapping experiences, to having eight children and four husbands, telling her story all the way to her relocation to Port Alberni when she could no longer see, and ultimately her death at age 97.

The doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. show.

Tickets are $25 at the door or online in advance for $20 at showroomproductions.ca/buy-tickets

For more information call 250-597-1554.



Sarah Simpson

About the Author: Sarah Simpson

I started my time with Black Press Media as an intern, before joining the Citizen in the summer of 2004.
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