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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn( W' k1 p- |, |1 b! m# ]5 ?' ~6 b
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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# x6 Q, s, j$ J' L5 r, IOver 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.& q+ j7 k: @0 ]8 K x8 r
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4 L j' f- G5 g1 F2 ?The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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' V( ?3 o0 l$ G" |7 iUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend./ ~3 b% I4 ?" w- e; T0 v
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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.7 e5 Z5 ^7 v" q/ r" S0 O
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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.
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