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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn3 y$ S- [, Z" q% c$ j
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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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' H* j0 q' _) A- nOver 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.- e; [! v( W% f. w1 K
: N1 u+ Q ]. p- F2 _+ E0 w& `" BEvery 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.9 C) H: n. \3 Q( x# n
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* D3 q% v4 W! S, v- o* i# DThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)' q5 O2 G$ g9 u! |
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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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.* {1 t1 o1 t/ L7 w) K8 K4 K: p# Q7 E
& C# b" v) a: w. b9 bThe 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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