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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn6 v; ~! C3 H) f3 `( i; z% [
: k+ M, G8 G) E- x" N( |& aCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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Over 200,000 people are expected to turn out over the next three weeks to watch one of the most spectacular displays of natural beauty in the world.. | e( r) g7 B k4 u/ S
" C; w5 |6 N5 p, p+ H0 Y; x3 MEvery four years millions of bright red sockeye salmon return to the Adams River, near Kamloops, B.C., turning the shallow water crimson with spawning fish.
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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5 o! @" x c2 z- _! k+ y' k& }4 Z) O/ SUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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Jeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.: o' P7 T& J& _, N- y
0 D5 j6 X1 X) }The 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.
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