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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn7 }% f: }* r& b/ w ?; W5 ?: A) Z
0 d: ?, ^" z/ o+ XCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 7 `4 \* e. k5 x$ k
8 \% l8 W: g5 u0 M2 JOver 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.
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* _9 V4 t" g8 x5 S& X& ~1 }The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)' \6 _* z1 Q; Y2 m0 ?
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.7 X4 n- H$ v; Q. x7 _
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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.. e2 | Z5 B, M
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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 26.5 t7 S) H: D* [. s2 D( F4 R
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