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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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4 k0 l: Q1 p! ~' {+ _CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 2 n! r5 m1 m; ~& E! o* t
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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.* @4 O! t) D' t; Z2 P3 h; r
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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.2 @2 q9 K' X' a& Z! b# [
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)8 ^, F9 G3 H f% D
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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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1 s* W+ S0 J' qJeremy 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.
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