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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn- ~5 Q5 k, |# x) e& a) V- w
. g. d) n: p* P* ?* ]1 b2 r$ M4 H4 {CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 9 i. z4 v6 U: ~+ `( s
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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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7 r9 M7 r3 _5 A7 n# [5 v( MEvery 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 O6 [2 A1 G
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC) l! n# Y. L8 _; \" J- x
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.: y/ Y/ |/ G: f2 H9 D' h) a" s
/ t/ Z: ?* L- d1 a- iJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.+ M' _: c; X! V9 P, T
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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.; K7 T% T$ ?( Q S( B) ]
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