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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn9 G0 V7 C( u- Z. T
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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# L. C8 z4 R% [8 z- ?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.9 `) `8 d" c: i2 P2 w6 Q5 n
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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.$ t; y* ]! m5 P# e |; K
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# U* i3 `" T7 \The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)! D9 F o! s6 Y6 s& j7 A& e( I
# X7 x! U4 R) ^- B8 ?$ XUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.' e& c0 Z" c6 o* X) [; U
5 d |, q# z) {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.) ^7 K& C: @% {
+ Y; Y: `" a7 }2 V! g3 K, Y2 b. sThe 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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