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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn# p7 S& h F2 t4 f
- P" ~3 W7 u* e ECBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT $ @+ t* ~' U. B6 z; y
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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./ F/ i4 V6 H& m0 Y! Z/ p6 T# k4 |
6 m( z- `% V6 P3 W' K( w/ hEvery 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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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.3 \5 ?" [2 O" |, |% g& J
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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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' c: J" p" a" g* z! F i# eThe 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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