{{Short description|Legendary lake monster of Lake Memphremagog}} {{cleanup rewrite|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox mythical creature |name = Memphré |image = Lake Memphremagog.JPG |caption = Lake Memphremagog |Grouping = |Sub_Grouping = Lake Monster |AKA = Lake Memphremagog Monster |Country = Canada |Region = Lake Memphremagog, Quebec |Details = Found in water |First_Attested = 1816 }}
In Canadian folklore, '''Memphré''' is a lake monster said to live in Lake Memphremagog, a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada.
==Background== {{further|Lake Memphremagog}} Lake Memphremagog stretches for {{convert|40|km|mi}}, with a mean depth of {{convert|15.5|m|ft}} and a deepest point at {{convert|107|m|ft}}. It was formed by melting glaciers 10,000 years ago, during the last ice-age. The lake freezes over each winter, often becoming up to a metre (three feet) thick.
==History== Memphré is often described as much like the Loch Ness Monster. While the existence of Memphré and most other lake monsters is treated skeptically by the scientific community, reports of sightings persist, with the last in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lake Memphremagog monster (Memphré) {{!}} The World of Animals|url=https://theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/1495/lake-memphremagog-monster-memphre|access-date=2020-09-25|website=theworldofanimals.proboards.com}}</ref>
===Coin=== In August 2011, an artistic impression of Memphré was featured on a coloured Canadian quarter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/quebec-lake-monster-legend-comes-to-life-on-coin-1.680763|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731061644/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110808/memphre-quebec-sea-snake-coin-110808/|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2012|title=Quebec lake monster legend comes to life on coin|last=Beauchemin|first=Geneviève|work=CTV National News|publisher=CTV.ca|access-date=11 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/25cent-coloured-coin-memphre-2011-prod1110006|title=25-Cent Coloured Coin - Memphré (2011)|work=Royal Canadian Mint|publisher=mint.ca|accessdate=11 August 2011}}</ref>
== See also == * Ogopogo, reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada * Manipogo, said to live in Lake Manitoba, Manitoba * Champ, reported to live in Lake Champlain, between New York, Vermont and Quebec * Seelkee, said to live in the swamps of what is now Chilliwack, in British Columbia
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://memphre.com/ Mephré] {{In lang|fr}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423013250/http://www.memphre.com/ang.html |date=April 23, 2024 |title=The International Dracontology Society of Lake Memphrémagog}}
Category:Canadian folklore Category:Canadian legendary creatures Category:Lake monsters