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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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! z/ }4 C% N/ S) f7 r% ACBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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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.
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' N) @# n7 Y& [, NEvery 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.4 V+ W [# I; _ N( S& r
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1 B5 N( J7 f ~+ qThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)1 N! {+ b3 c+ @3 ^# a( N7 F
* d+ } t& {7 n* A- vUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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: K: [! Y9 u' [2 m. nJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.- Q7 `, b0 ]. `. z; C) W
+ V% ^5 U& d/ d- a; E2 z& v+ I! DThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.& Y% ? c3 N" `; y. n, ^6 ?
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