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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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' Y+ F% I) b, V p& O) zCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT # N5 t2 q/ h2 i S V5 ~- y% z6 E
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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.9 h) r& m6 j w2 x, I
2 W, ?# T3 [: ^! Q0 z1 h) ^% 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.& g6 n1 A0 c( O* A
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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. _6 v/ K7 a T6 p/ p8 [
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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 26.9 `9 E. j$ W4 U" `) `! Z+ \
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