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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn0 Q+ r2 }7 a) ]% t$ M7 z2 x' R( t* H
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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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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.3 W) n* p1 [$ n) I5 V
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)5 x& T$ x& u0 F
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.( a/ l% X: n9 o- L" X& G- n/ U
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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.
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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./ r( g# X9 u- W3 U, e$ r5 B, G
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