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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn6 J' L1 p9 I! ]9 ]* x
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CBC 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.
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3 Q) m, b1 P* a8 g$ f/ T( U+ bEvery 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.$ h2 [0 h' Q) C; a
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3 c% L1 Q( P: x D9 u- h u$ NThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)" b2 ]' l1 }; I) e
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Usually 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.
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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.; B8 Q' B8 `' k: Z6 p4 R
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