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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn% o3 ?* e8 }( |
" J( Q8 R) ?! ` BCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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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./ L/ g; l& \2 b. U4 h0 o7 Q
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2 j/ t4 S# W6 l+ vThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC). x- H- D5 a* k9 t3 ]) v' a1 y
# N7 e, l! k0 eUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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5 T* B, L5 V+ 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.# A! K o: K8 k: t8 a/ R
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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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