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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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, N1 L. C7 q, S4 xCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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1 o9 }' j) Y# z* H( m2 a4 FOver 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.4 c/ b1 Q- N# e' [
# \, Y/ J4 _& e8 e* VEvery 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.. i3 }) u# N( `2 E! b3 I
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)/ G# \8 G( P/ M1 p# N# R
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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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* }* [( d2 \) [8 O# C' {; UJeremy 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 l7 j$ G) T8 e# p# X1 }% h+ u `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.
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