Ogopogo The Misunderstood Lake Monster (photo / Don Levers)

By Kevin Rothwell

New Ogopogo book

Ogopogo author back for more

Mar 7, 2021 | 1:00 PM

The author of a children’s book about the fabled lake monster Ogopogo is taking another dive into the depths with a new book, and is seeking copyright usage from the City of Vernon.

The City of Vernon was assigned the “Ogopogo” copyright by Gil Seabrook in July, 1956. Seabrook applied for the “Ogopogo” copyright in 1952.

The request from Don Levers is for use of the name “Ogopogo” by himself and Okanagan Publishing House. Levers’s self-published a children’s book, “Ogopogo The Misunderstood Lake Monster’ in 1985.

Levers reports this book has sold over 25,000 copies through numerous reprints over 35 years.

It is still available through several online book sellers including Indigo and Amazon.

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Levers has recently completed a manuscript for a sequel to his original children’s book, including an opportunity for some animated versions of his stories.