Ogopogo (n'ha-a-itk) - Kelowna, British Columbia
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N 49° 53.194 W 119° 29.941
11U E 320491 N 5529013
The Ogopogo, or Naitaka, is said to live in Okanagan Lake. The lake which is over 80 miles in length has had sightings throughout. This sculpture of the Ogopogo is found near City Park in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Waymark Code: WM8091
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/02/2010
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"Canada's most famous water monster is Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan in the south central interior of British Columbia. Although Indian legends support a monster living in Okanagan Lake long before white men arrived in this country, Ogopogo is very much a present day phenomenon. Each year, sightings are reported of a creature some 20 to 50 feet long, with a horse shaped head and an undulating serpent like body! Okanagan Lake is about 80 miles long extending from Vernon at the north end to Penticton in the south with the fast growing city of Kelowna in the center. Sightings have been reported throughout the length of the lake but the monster appears to favour an area just south of Kelowna in waters near Peachland." See: (
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Ogopogo or Naitaka (Salish: n'ha-a-itk, "lake demon") is the name "given to a lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake. Proponents of the Ogopogo's existence claim that the first documented sightings of the monster date back to around 1872, and occurred as the area was being colonized by European settlers. In 1926 a sighting is claimed to have occurred at an Okanagan Mission Beach. This event was supposedly witnessed by about thirty cars of people who all claimed to have seen the same thing. The first alleged film of the creature is The Folden Film, filmed in 1968 by Art Folden, which shows a dark object propelling itself through shallow water near the shore. The film was shot from on a hill above the shore."
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