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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn* |) W7 t0 N: ^, ^! O* ^- p
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 8 y- \3 q- |+ x% |
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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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6 S' q1 M/ S! lEvery 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.( o% I7 r0 H) H# q6 _8 t$ ~; h. n
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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4 w6 O) y/ P* Y: bUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.& ~; L8 T! z& l, Y6 {, h/ G/ _# m
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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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$ r: D, Z" D) {, l8 o# RThe 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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