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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT # u1 y) F* i; h( j
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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.: {: [# i4 M% d% D' E
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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.0 f/ J% \9 q5 `
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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3 H$ x5 ?, Z( B2 ^% S- q$ Y1 XUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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g. X8 V" A+ B, Q) jJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now./ @ M o* K% m. ~3 Q
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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 26.0 A4 s0 P" R/ {# Z; ]9 g5 ~
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