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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn, H/ L; u& {' p! u# M$ t7 |* Z
/ @: n, u& L! o& k4 V6 tCBC 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.6 B$ h m3 b3 h+ d5 Z5 o' A/ O0 r9 n
7 L( W8 ]+ U# D- U, n, X c$ O; G. y1 REvery 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.9 f* A$ G4 D9 O8 T; f" n
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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1 B; _$ f( P0 X4 m% U; d ^- HUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend./ y& `+ r8 Z* u* }9 J9 K
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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." b$ O: N+ X3 T. o2 [
7 W5 b* c$ I6 o5 m0 GThe 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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