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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn; J& C' c _ F
/ A' F: X$ c' U5 _3 PCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT * |2 _" i$ h, T6 `/ c
2 j+ r- {# K( C6 N6 @* xOver 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.3 ~0 ~2 c5 r. a$ `8 w
+ |6 }, t! I# q3 d" Z, S. ?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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1 v- {9 e6 B8 y1 h; F, iThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)+ ?2 L: t' p% F% a1 U- e4 ^ p p
5 \) b7 Z: {9 u- S7 SUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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7 q6 q6 |- S; Z @- x) xJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.. Q6 F F0 n+ v4 I
: b( V0 w0 }! q. t mThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.+ I( m5 L$ J9 p& H' {% K
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