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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn( l/ h+ b& R6 f$ e! n. N6 g: H1 ~
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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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C$ v& t" R1 S3 P/ GThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.# y! `8 {& c; Z) u. ?
v- W4 c( O, {9 ?6 |( W0 j- H8 e( [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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6 [: Q5 C3 M! ~- |' IThe 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 k" w) |% j7 O3 x$ {
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