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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn$ T: E q* b+ Q3 r
2 d- B& {# O5 P, q; V7 @* DCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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. x# Z( w! W5 s2 a' z$ L$ _7 XOver 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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( }- R j1 H/ f" x% r$ UEvery 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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+ T2 g0 H% V& X6 L# m# BThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)5 [1 D' j+ ~3 w: C1 K4 n
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend. f- d6 a5 G/ f& ~5 _+ }0 b
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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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6 ?; {( R; g% ?0 R- ?3 }; P6 EThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.( O6 M7 h e+ v5 p2 |1 w/ v
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