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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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) o9 J+ l# g4 z; k4 cCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 2 ]% X* O% A7 y4 Q: H0 P
. f+ k- W5 Q, V; ~" c. zOver 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.7 g9 Z% q2 q( o5 {1 @
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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.( f: [( n( r" J0 W" t
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1 U9 y& ~" f9 R% D7 l4 QThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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1 S4 t$ }1 A4 o, h: v4 s4 [# zUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.; Z$ L5 Z! m! k6 L# ~# u' ^
2 ^* y8 Z: B( \+ B }3 o* iJeremy 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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8 B' p; @! `! n" QThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.1 f; [& w$ G3 \$ N* r
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