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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn8 l2 p+ `1 U) g) C( c1 V* F" V8 R
* a, m; j( {3 |0 @CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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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.
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" q& H1 I5 ?: H2 s: g) y) n6 E9 `% W8 IEvery 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.) q) m7 n7 Q" z( u
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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9 }* f: Z$ K& l0 Y NUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.- T4 h; K4 e2 g. a* E
7 [! a; y1 T, i# {) M: O% H' WJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.8 c2 Z6 _, m0 N# o
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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.$ R1 O: d4 i$ E$ b8 J. w
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