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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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4 `# n+ w! K3 X6 z8 {$ h/ E) _0 jOver 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.
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$ ?; f2 F' H$ p2 t/ S3 ?The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)+ h" N h) Y5 j
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.5 n% R( _8 W5 _0 v# ?
+ v2 i$ [& b0 S# |) L4 HJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.! ~8 L# I6 r5 c0 A9 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.
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