The Legend, The Spirit, The Creature: The History of Ogopogo
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Is it possible that a large undiscovered species could exist in Okanagan Lake? The legend of Ogopogo goes back to long before European Settlers arrived in the Okanagan Valley…
Justin DeMerchant is part of our visitor experience team at Tourism Kelowna. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia Okanagan with a major in Anthropology and a minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is the director of Okanagan Turtle Adoption Program, a non-profit organization for turtle adoptions, research, education and conservation. He is actively engaged in wildlife research with reptiles and amphibians being his main area of expertise.
7 min read
Is it possible that a large undiscovered species could exist in Okanagan Lake? The legend of Ogopogo goes back to long before European Settlers arrived in the Okanagan Valley…
Tourism Kelowna would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts