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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn1 E6 V+ g/ S4 t6 n% x4 E
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 3 k; _$ e' {+ d1 C1 ?
4 N% c) h- O$ `/ {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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# s* t' Z+ A, F; {1 t, vEvery 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)$ o7 G# b( ~, W
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.. r; | q, [8 ?! [
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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.' l$ ~' H# X& F* E. I) \- c' 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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