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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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8 O( P4 Q, ~" cCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 4 t$ v, N4 l. _4 {
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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.1 g8 r5 ]7 [5 u/ O1 i
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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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+ l4 z+ r T" ]& H* B# hThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)1 o# p5 B" c7 i
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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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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.
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, \' g+ m9 e/ G \5 x: jThe 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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