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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn/ N$ e* N: t& U" q: f
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT + L% _& m0 b2 B: W9 p, M
" }: i5 }/ p9 S. M: v: K, DOver 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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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.* r k, P) x1 J0 x
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' a8 k' \6 `" R" w$ K. zThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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5 {2 r7 A/ l; e& MUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.. P0 o' W9 v! U- q2 l. m& L
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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.! |4 F) x5 |6 j! t3 E
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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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