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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT ; h0 p! ^3 b' V+ M6 ]3 E& H
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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., I/ k9 f8 y- T
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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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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)- m9 {0 A* Y6 J3 l' L
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2 K9 G; W6 f; Q$ ]& Y# m! Q4 K$ cJeremy 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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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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