Although this name for the lake monster was first coined in, 1912, a creature in Okanagan Lake has existed in local Indian legend for centuries. It was by them called N’ha-a-itk or Naitaka, Sacred Creature of the Water. Later they called it Lake Demon. Under the name Ogopogo the creature of legend is now the popular tourist mascot of Kelowna.

Reports of sightings of the Ogopogo still crop up, from time to time, as do reports of a number of other monsters inhabiting the waters of British Columbia’s lakes and coasts. Another particularly well-known one is the Cadborosaurus, also known as Caddy, named for Cadboro Bay (one of the places it was sighted) outside Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia.