Ogopogo

Origin and tradition

Ogopogo is the name used in popular culture for a supposed monster of Okanagan Lake. Syilx traditions concerning N’ha-a-itk belong to a different cultural and spiritual context. Tourist illustrations and modern creature reports should not stand in for community accounts of that water being.

Illustration in this atlas

The plate selects a horned, horse-headed lake serpent. Local descriptions differ considerably; antlered horse heads occur in accounts, alongside plainer snake-like forms. It is an interpretation of lake-monster lore, not an identification of an animal.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Ogopogo
2. visitpeachland.com — Ogopogo
3. lakecountrymuseum.com — Ogopogo

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.