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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn. v/ h5 L! t9 j' C; A5 |
, k" T# Y( W7 V c2 E1 TCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 6 V M# z. E6 |. |! B P5 ^
! w' q! Q. ~* _/ f' @+ eOver 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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! u5 \, ]! S5 p# jEvery 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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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.& S& \1 a! w0 A
@5 ?& I) A7 _# g' j0 T$ }3 p: o- |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.1 W% V1 h" S3 e) G V
0 a/ F) M8 s9 z% M' ]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.! P4 V/ W+ `% h0 R4 E2 ?
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