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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn' C; v' j$ F' h5 H8 p$ @
- l7 ?- u; z) T# m) t1 u0 HCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT - N$ ]$ B+ ~, z5 D- g
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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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: L; K( U) A7 p/ Q/ ?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.% ~1 H* S# `( V- X/ M* c3 h
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)5 |5 t1 M H7 H8 W
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.6 I! a* N: ?2 N1 I, `7 U1 Y! Y
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Jeremy 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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4 [+ ^1 r, D& j( }2 x' ]7 G9 e) mThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.9 Y! v0 t0 c5 T0 }
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