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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn$ s& b/ r) I) z
& V+ F b1 \) p* X3 uCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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3 l- e; ?/ ] J$ I. TOver 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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. C [, [8 R. A" dEvery 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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' W- S p7 }( u% _# N. [The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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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.$ t/ E/ C# s! F2 ]. D9 B
8 Z9 l/ p6 j/ E9 M' CThe 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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