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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn" q) ]3 o4 Q" t* W
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT : U, }2 s: F7 A, t
! n! D# c- G0 R4 \9 x$ b6 Q' H+ LOver 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.5 y C1 @. b, m& @' c
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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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9 L% p! v- S3 L$ M3 ^1 n& BThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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3 @8 {% A& T5 j- p4 fUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.* F4 k" N. j1 _1 C+ n) m- B
3 u! y1 d) j+ dJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.' `; u T1 Q5 y' S8 F+ I
& V; v+ @2 M$ oThe 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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