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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 1 T; X0 h, k! H5 L6 f9 @( Z- P0 f
R3 D; s$ D7 D- p/ Q3 EOver 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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3 e& E$ ~. ~! S6 {( o# `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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: R, W/ w1 C! M' x1 x6 n0 B3 ?The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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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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8 i; p! b2 J, O1 J7 G% Z$ cJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now. T }' i k0 F( z% \, [" ]
) G" k2 l+ S# m9 a" \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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