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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn0 ~' F: \( i! {( `) x
" Z$ ]. |* ~9 n: k* yCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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Over 200,000 people are expected to turn out over the next three weeks to watch one of the most spectacular displays of natural beauty in the world.
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Every four years millions of bright red sockeye salmon return to the Adams River, near Kamloops, B.C., turning the shallow water crimson with spawning fish.
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6 \) s! |( \, B' b! c* fThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC): g0 n+ F: X! ]+ I8 Y7 A' N% F
0 c! q" S0 s' ?$ n& |/ ?Usually 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.
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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 26.3 X/ _! r3 U5 R7 q. J/ ~2 s$ K
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