Hope/Kawkawa Lake – Social media is buzzing that a long lost trophy, sent into the deep end of Kawkawa Lake, may have been found. Or was this a myth?
In a November 24 posting on social media, Riley Forman, the CEO at Connect Media, posted that the Oglivie Cup may have been found.
That relic has been in Kawkawa Lake for some 100 Years. It was given to the Best Costume at the Kawkawa Lake Polar Bear Swim.
Now enter, Brian McKinney, who has been an organizer and fixture for the New Years swim for many years. He took to social media: Let us confirm what we’ve found first. We’ve sent it in for forensics but something this big that has been under water for this long takes time to examine.
He also said in another post: Does anyone have any background or knowledge on this supposed Hope, B.C. myth ? It’s quite the story that is unfolding in real time.
On line posts indicated that Brian McKinney and Cog Hill found the cup. Hill is Owner/ operator at Top Water Guide Services and Swiftwater Tech at Hope Volunteer Search and Rescue among other things on his resume.
Hill also noted on social media : My great grandfather had a photo of him as a young lad standing next to a cup near the lake….pretty sure the masons cabin was in the backdrop of the photo too. Ill have to do some digging.
Aquatic monkey who has been in the news i recent years for finding items at the bottom of Cultus Lake, responded to the FVN story: I’m really wondering if this is just a big troll.
UPDATE – In a November 29 social media post from Brian McKinney: it’s been raised from the deep waters of Kawkawa lake, being brought back to its glorious original 1912 state and will be revealed to the world Friday, December 5th!! Riley Forman Cog Hill
Via Riley Forman:
FYI The Hope Standard is a weekly newspaper that has been serving the Hope, British Columbia area since 1903. It is published by Black Press Media.
Also – Does anyone have a copy of the picture of the original Ogilvie Cup?
