Ogopogoa name from a British music-hall song, applied first to the monster in 1912
n. a famed monster reported as being seen from time to time in Okanagan Lake, B.C.
1936  Ogopogo's head is slightly reminiscent of Henry VIII, he has a torso like an accordeon, and a tail like a shillelagh.
1952  Ogopogo is no newcomer to the Okanagan. Long before the white men came the Indians knew him as Naitaka or Lake Demon--a dread monster with a carnivorous appetite. . . .
1964  Here . . . according to hundreds of British Columbians who claim they've seen them--[are] a number of friendly sea monsters, including "Ogopogo."