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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn; H' _( a( I5 ^/ g- Y m
1 D2 H5 d0 n# k7 ~! |* FCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 8 B& X/ N( T* G) M6 _5 L
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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 M, s; _: R; x
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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.$ K, T. I }* w- y# Q
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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0 Y! ]+ o. @: L! KUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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( r2 V, _2 b' k1 c6 Q$ I4 HJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.. P/ X( r9 b* X$ a' N, o
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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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