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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 N1 C+ }8 ^) w) Z8 O' V
* d6 Q/ |& A% O7 I( X8 c$ XOver 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.6 U5 m0 u a9 s; A
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* Y" e" t1 V% U3 JThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)1 R- A# C3 b% ^, b1 Z& k3 d3 i6 M
# B( z) R# x% [* rUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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, o; F! f, U! l# U. V9 RJeremy 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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7 i) b$ q- r9 t! DThe 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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