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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn3 W3 n, ~% ]- K+ L9 V' {) X" W
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 5 P1 |, j. T& h* t+ U! X
! y8 D7 i$ j% N' W: s+ I# P$ j' vOver 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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k6 q1 O: {: B1 {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." e; u' }/ H! m5 o; p1 y! L
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, E% s& r# m3 S6 l3 Z& o* m' s/ v% \$ bThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)4 o+ @8 j( M% i8 z. u8 V0 K3 Z; N& {
3 E, f1 c" m6 n; r; @0 qUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend./ y- D1 K/ @/ P3 j. g( ?
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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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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.) T/ e5 W3 |" r4 \! z
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