Placed in a home he wasn't familiar with and in an area he had never been, Hogan managed to find his way home during the 1997 flood.

Hogan was a typical farm dog. He never left the yard, never went on a leash, and loved his owners.

His family lived in Glenlea, Manitoba, just a 15 minute drive from St. Norbert. The yard was surrounded by trees and fields, with the biggest hill in sight being the Floodway dike.

In 1997, The Flood of the Century threatened to destroy Glenlea. Like many in the area, Andy and Laura Rogolsky, Hogan's owners, sandbagged their house before evacuating and moving to the city. The place they were moving didn't have the space for a dog, so the Rogolsky's brought Hogan to North Kildonan to live with Laura's sister.

Hogan was OK for a bit, but couldn't handle the city and needed his owners, so one day, his temporary owners came home to find Hogan missing. He had taken off.

Meanwhile, Andy Rogolsky was back at the farm making sure the house was safe. To get to the yard, they needed to take Rochon Road, a gravel road that went over the Floodway. This road was the only access point, where many residents would launch their boats to check on their properties. By the flood's peak, you could boat over top of Highway 75 without lifting up the motor.

As Andy was heading back, he spotted a dog. He wondered who would be dumb enough to leave their dog out here, so he called to it. The dog was Hogan, who had made the at least 40 kilometer trek back home just to run into his owner.

"We don't know how...he hated water," Laura Rogolsky said. "He never went through the river, so he must have gone over bridges to get home."

They realized Hogan needed to be home, so they set him up inside the sandbag dike on their yard. But Hogan was so desperate to be with his owners that the dog who hates water jumped into the lake.

"He actually swam across the field to get back to Andy," Laura Rogolsky said.

After that, Andy took Hogan with him every single day, from the city to the country. While Hogan is no longer around, the memory remains a cherished one for the Rogolsky's and those who have heard the story.