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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn. ?* r+ y! d9 h1 B: T
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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.2 }8 @& E6 l d; d
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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.5 Z0 d) T! A1 D+ {' t. o( \
9 ^6 |" Y+ Y- @6 @% W2 NJeremy 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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" h& e6 d* x8 e6 Q2 {6 v4 w5 ]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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