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Bookmark or Share- Ogopogo | The Canadian EncyclopediaOgopogo. Article by Carole H. Carpenter. Published Online September 9, 2012. Last Edited December 16, 2013. Ogopogo is a fabled aquatic monster which is said to inhabit Okanagan Lake. The Salish called it "snake in the lake"; the Chinook called it "wicked one" and "great beast in the lake."
- Canada’s mysterious lake monster - BBCCanada’s mysterious lake monster. For generations, a mythical beast has been said to lurk in the depths of Okanagan Lake. But now a new view on British Columbia’s most revered serpent is ...
- The Legend of Ogopogo | Reader's Digest CanadaThe legend of Ogopogo is just one of many spooky Canadian sea serpent stories that meld First Nations folklore with modern-day mythology.
- Ogopogo - WikipediaOgopogo. Coordinates: 49°32′50″N 119°35′44″W. In Canadian folklore, the Ogopogo is a lake monster said to inhabit Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Some scholars have charted the entity's development from First Nations folklore and widespread water monster folklore motifs.
- The Legend, The Spirit, The Creature: The History of OgopogoIn Indigenous culture, nx̌aʔx̌ʔitkʷ —the word for Ogopogo in nsyilxcən, which is the language of the syilx/Okanagan people—is believed to be a spirit which takes on the form of an aquatic serpent while in Western culture, it is thought to be a large fish such as a sturgeon, a supposedly extinct species such as a plesiosaur or an underwater curre...
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