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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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# E! ^) A* o; y* gCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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8 t4 p( l, S3 m7 ?1 s! SOver 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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\5 ^$ ?1 Z0 ~! \8 z8 z sEvery 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 Z' g, X/ X1 Q) Q* q8 zThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC): k8 J) o+ x) @* P: q% \
, I; _/ I5 b1 NUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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2 T( t( `9 u$ G% BJeremy 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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