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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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9 i( S# f% W2 W4 `! |2 U* CCBC 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.% r9 Z. s3 I1 Z, K; ?
K2 z4 b( s+ n) r7 I/ }8 ]Every 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. }. M2 b& S" {' X& o$ F' I
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) ?+ A0 f+ R) T6 X1 R! `1 W l! XThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)2 {3 O5 A: [9 Z; s! k
1 Y& t1 m6 L* r+ L! |Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.& k6 W; o$ i% X7 Y, V: r
" O( {* B( G; @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.9 j( U$ L. |% s; x
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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.
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