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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
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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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' ] \. N& l) T! f& D; EEvery 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.( f/ Q% D, h) f& c5 R, c# W
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)# A8 g, v/ T' B
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.$ r. m# e7 T( O/ n9 F& ~8 G
# ]8 y9 e6 w- t5 Z& }; s1 aJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.% a+ ]' g1 R; j% u$ z
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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.) |- ] d4 ~+ n+ q! A7 [' f
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