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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
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" r- p0 [% Z- LOver 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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2 E1 p! r4 D7 X" t1 QEvery 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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4 ^2 H9 S- E0 Q p# BThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)" ?% K! \- Y1 n0 h2 \
; a2 o( _5 F2 ]* K0 {4 Y8 qUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.6 G4 R; o, ~5 j; V
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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& V, A2 l/ t8 x+ `% ]
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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 26.7 M0 }& f& D8 s4 O( z/ w
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