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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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: b1 k: m5 g! c$ K! X: h# T+ xCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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% f3 g& G, u) D' h, R$ o8 {4 [4 L; }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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# O7 g4 L0 v% UEvery 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.
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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" F( x/ L5 F# D) CUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.( Y' |. h( X5 D% ]" d" {
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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.$ O+ ?* f. h# j/ _7 X1 \
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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.
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