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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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# C2 o, t( [+ e5 \: w. T5 P9 {6 }4 H" I2 yCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT ) J: }$ G& Z) K2 F1 o& Q: [
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Over 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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# _& {& l3 s3 q8 Y1 w+ aEvery 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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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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' q6 b7 c# O( J J6 q) EUsually 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.7 S; p8 R3 ]; b
! A* P ]& h& M2 b) r% H/ bThe 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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