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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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! ?9 R+ N6 u2 J( j3 Y$ aCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT , n. R4 b" e$ g5 Y6 Z
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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.
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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.
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; N6 O# z- ^+ [2 v" h9 {/ tThe 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.; q' V% ]; G. Q/ { J5 _% ]' e* e: G
: z/ Q" F- A- P- O* pJeremy 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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* Y; U) D3 X2 h9 d1 j2 pThe 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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