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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
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4 p, ^& Q" m+ f( a: k9 s: TOver 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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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)6 _5 p: T8 m' c8 ^& r4 J: k L0 c
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.7 @1 q' a' g( q4 n2 W3 o
% s6 P+ _" I0 K7 e6 B% |; eJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.4 g+ G. D3 r' @3 r
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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.) N2 T$ c$ q! j- t
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