Ogopogo es el nombre con el que se conoce a un monstruo de lago que supuestamente vive en el lago Okanagan, en la Columbia Británica (Canadá), donde se ha visto el típico fenómeno de las "jorobas" que se desplazan sobre la superficie del agua, e interpretadas como los emergentes del cuerpo de un gran animal por las teorías que afirman la existencia de estas criaturas críptidas.

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Ogopogo or Naitaka (Salish: n'ha-a-itk, "lake demon") is the name given to a mythical cryptid lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. Ogopogo has been allegedly seen by First Nations people since the 19th century. The most common description of Ogopogo is a 40 to 50-foot-long (12 to 15 m) sea serpent. Lake monster investigator Benjamin Radford notes “however, that these First Nations stories were not referring to a literal lake monster like Ogopogo, but instead to a legendary water spirit. The supernatural N’ha-a-itk of the Okanagan Valley Indians is long gone.” British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker has categorized the Ogopogo as a 'many hump' variety of lake monster, and suggested it may be a kind of primitive serpentine whale such as Basilosaurus. However, because the physical evidence for the beast is limited to unclear photographs and film, it is likely that some of the sightings are misidentifications of common animals, such as otters or eels, and inanimate objects, such as floating logs.

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