Fish, sunken garbage, Ogopogo and 鈥� river otters.

A photo of some cute otters playing on a wharf in West 91大黄鸭 got a lot of attention on the 91大黄鸭 Cap News Facebook page as many residents seemed shocked these little mammals live in Okanagan Lake.

鈥淚 have lived here all my life and never once have I heard of otters in our lake!鈥� wrote Delaney Cannell.

鈥淪hocked!! Didn鈥檛 know there were otters here,鈥� added Susan Kramar.

鈥淚n Okanagan lake???鈥� questioned Tricia Christianson.

Despite the disbelief online, a local conservation officer says they do indeed call the lake home.

鈥淲e do have river otters in the Okanagan,鈥� said Conservation Officer Terry Myroniuk. 鈥淎nd despite their name, they do hang out in lakes also. Super cute critters.鈥�

Mignon Fritschi was the one that captured the photo of the romp on Feb. 12, 2017. The family was playing on a snow-covered wharf in front of her home on Angus Drive, above Gellatly Road in West 91大黄鸭.

Fritschi said she has lived at that home for 19 years and has never seen river otters before this year.

鈥淔our or five days before I took that picture, there were two on the wharf, they were there for a bit feeding on fish. Then I was in my kitchen a few days later, looking out over the wharf and I saw them sitting out there so I had to get a picture,鈥� said Fritschi.

鈥淚 sent the picture to a few friends and learned they are river otters and found out they come in the lake sometimes.鈥�

According to Fritschi, some of her neighbours have seen them in the past, but to her it was a surprise.

鈥淚t was the very first time I鈥檝e ever seen them,鈥� said Fritschi. 鈥淭hey were hopping in an out, moving around there. Apparently they like to be on the snow.鈥�

Unfortunately, the otters have not been back since she took the photo and Fritschi does not expect to see them again anytime soon.

鈥淚t was so nice to see them, to know those animals are in the water, I think it bodes well for the lake,鈥� added Fritschi.