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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 n5 H7 u6 x& R# }8 ]
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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: ]7 m I" P f
( c" d9 o# h) s* kEvery 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. Y. E% w: C5 r
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) u) u" j& c, f; }; E2 M* M5 jThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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! \) H- S; R! BUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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" x# f: l- p3 ?, D5 eJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.. }0 H C3 D B1 [. @; w
: i% S3 t+ O/ q) l) l. nThe 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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