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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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) l8 V: F! }0 X/ gCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT + I2 H1 X/ I2 S) K
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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.- q$ D8 j& ~ h0 M
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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.# ^: V% o A# x: Y0 a
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; X' Z! U2 _# G/ P* @. s8 f9 AThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC). c5 {" k3 Z) k- T2 P$ U2 W7 h
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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. E2 p( Z# y" j0 [2 t$ W k: 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., F* u# y5 u0 S! K& D; f
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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.& a2 j5 T" l* i
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