Word: okanagan
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Some three years ago the Vancouver Board of Trade was on tour through the Okanagan Valley and at the pretty city of Vernon the delegates were guests of Vernon Rotarians at luncheon. The musical programme included a song "I'm looking for the Ogopogo" which has a swinging chorus and was originally introduced in a London musical show. We delegates picked up the song and decided that as we were in the Okanagan we might as well "look for the Ogopogo." The name became popular and has spread all over the world. There are various theories...
Ogopogos. In the case of British Columbia's ogopogos, there appeared to be neither an ingenious Stone nor a Copycat Mortison. For many years, clear-sighted Indians living on the shores of Williams and Okanagan Lakes have reported the appearance of a large lake-serpent. Not so quick-eyed, white men did not discover it until four years ago. Those who know describe the animal as being a gentle monster 30 ft. long, with harmless vegetarian habits. It has the peaceful face of a sheep, the head of a bulldog. It propels its long brownish-green body through...