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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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7 D6 k7 X* K: } QCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT ) K9 H5 R, V; V; s6 l
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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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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.
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)) m+ Q: J0 R8 g- |9 b" c
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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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" `5 t; C% o* 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.$ Z, j* s4 n/ d- L- o6 G
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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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