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…
Author
Justin DeMerchant
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.
Kelowna is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the syilx/Okanagan people who have resided here since time immemorial
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