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Lure of Loch Ness legend feeds Ogopogo interest in Peachland

Group wants to carve a 25-foot statue of the creature and donate it to the district
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Ogopogo statue at Paul’s Tomb in Kelowna. (Youtube screenshot from colintube1)

You may not have heard of Drumnadrochit, Scotland, but you likely know about its most famous nearby resident.

The village of 1,000 people lies on the west shore of the body of water that is home to the elusive Loch Ness Monster.

Approximately 6,700 kilometres to the west of Drumnadrochit lies another small community with its own ‘monster of notoriety’ - Peachland.

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