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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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j. n' X% W9 }- c. o! KCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT % V! Z# E; c9 B$ I8 }8 [
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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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+ I" W$ M- H" e0 `3 y- @The 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.
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: i# B! _, v7 `7 D, z- vJeremy 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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- D# H3 x% ~# G3 X: w5 q2 EThe 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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