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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn2 q, v$ z: r, L6 ]
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT * U4 g& `1 ~% h2 f7 N0 c9 l" \: ~
- K: w" Q& s+ v3 n, [2 w1 J& aOver 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.- p# f# V7 L9 M( [/ p4 T; O
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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.& Z- Q$ E- D6 `( s1 G! |7 n; T2 K( p Y
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' z ]! G5 W5 N4 \. a" A; n' t. `. EThe 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.1 y9 h) y4 f( \3 Q2 Y
& Y, c% z( `' V. d# Y) h3 n9 ~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.
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4 h# E7 p, b2 W. _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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