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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn5 ]- g0 s% r* Z6 z. s6 E0 Z% p
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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5 z! b) x1 C C# G# k% N: KOver 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.2 @1 B: ^9 [* w" U
: M" {- v2 }+ v5 T0 k! y! K+ `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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: [/ b+ g0 P1 Z" {' i. G4 @The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC): g+ y% i P" _7 w& I+ o- l
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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.& _6 _3 i! p; p* q; O! d: Q/ _
: K! [4 J$ U" @' M b, gThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.8 ]8 b- k* L/ E% v4 b& L5 i
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