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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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8 G' C0 P0 E% X0 m/ `# H- j4 {CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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4 c: w* G: _$ Y0 B8 l' b$ \0 AOver 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.! A8 m; J) ~0 x: l8 J
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/ I. O( I) f$ V, G3 x8 QThe 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." b% F' w n" @5 K1 ^
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Jeremy 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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" w9 R( y5 c% n) t! rThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.' a8 `7 t2 Z* u; Y5 I
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