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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn7 \( b# e/ ^0 }( s" e( `
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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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9 [& g: p* c$ e3 V! a& |+ ]/ DOver 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 k- B! m* O* R; `5 O/ ^4 A' Z
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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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& S' P" s5 c8 b1 v2 K" L! c. ~The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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* M* }% ?& x7 Y! }) Y* VUsually 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.3 B ~+ m' F! Y+ Z, a
$ e( ?% ]3 t0 d" |5 V$ dThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.# i$ `0 d7 [ u6 q2 y" _ b
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