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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 . s' i/ m- w, t3 x3 ^* B u
i& r/ y, J6 g. |) `4 M7 k. GOver 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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, G. I3 Y) V5 T- g: sEvery 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 ?2 c# A! g7 [5 U- o( P* |( Q [; y
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)4 p$ P9 n6 W" K0 o8 ]
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.4 q) j r% W7 i- F6 p
1 b4 y: S" `( I0 y$ r2 F8 xJeremy 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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' F6 W% b2 K% K1 O0 P" _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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