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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn$ w& g- q0 i" ~- ~+ G
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT - b. r! ?9 `7 v9 c4 D
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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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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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2 _/ f& z+ y" VUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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7 |# G, M: B! ~3 t! LJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.' t3 l! j) x8 {2 e
7 P# ]( i/ n) n" q! f6 VThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26., M6 O6 d' R7 B3 c
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