Canada's Loch Ness Monster

Heading down NY Route 87 south towards home today we passed many exits heading to Lake Champlain. The Champlian always makes me think about Bessie, America’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster. Since I was leaving Canada I remembered once reading about a Canadian version called Ogopogo, a similar creature hanging in Okanagan Lake. The Native Salish People called it the “Devil of the Lake” or N’ha-a-itk.

The monster’s name was changed to Ogopogo in 1942 and has since pick up a friendlier interpretation. It now appears in postcards and tee shirts and has sparked a mini tourist zone. Wish all my monsters could take on a friendlier interpretation.