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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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: [9 A0 J( u* k; ~# V6 b$ Q( \CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 3 k3 Q& @* z2 Z- ^9 V, G, [
7 Y2 t: y- E. t8 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.
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: v2 n# C* ^: H0 b1 n7 I) o: n: A1 h! mEvery 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.1 L; Y1 Z9 m& V& K$ [8 L
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. r( W, N( W: S6 W1 F3 UThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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1 F; p2 p* O& _- AUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.4 S* o, B, f4 q1 |
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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.! \7 Z, e4 V3 t; K, t" D5 @
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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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