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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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$ Z, | S7 z4 G9 C1 JCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT # _( P8 E. n( @9 t( }3 o# w9 A- n
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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.& n) l# ]* A- F; N
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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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% e4 T4 R& `, i. Q; i: QThe 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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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.' b U7 ?) v( _, T, F0 W1 S
. X) `5 i; V" t U) s( Q: bThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.7 b" N9 | n% N* u& E ~
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