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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn. S, u! P& D/ L% \, Q
& C* [" j" S# O9 s- jCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT & B9 {! M5 r5 |' ]
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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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: z; \: h: p3 e% J2 z; `/ `, v# nThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)0 H) j: {& ?( E, D) N3 m4 z$ w, y
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.8 E* M+ @6 W) h7 [% h4 r
9 l- d5 b' q- w( ^4 \: KJeremy 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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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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