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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn- i$ o0 E* E& `
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT $ X6 b3 V4 U3 V
" {- ^4 m, c& I- kOver 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.5 x. |/ V3 e. B3 f6 ~
/ d2 P" F: A4 g5 E$ [. SEvery 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.- l# D5 ~4 a; Y- Y
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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; ^, N- f' s& n3 XUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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8 F* j3 E& U! H3 A! sJeremy 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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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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