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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 9 i8 L( a: c/ A& p
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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., Z) y g' \" V7 O6 X0 C
! ?' E2 Z4 K/ ~$ gEvery 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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5 W8 [* C" y' _2 `8 U9 {2 |4 U" zThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)& p1 i1 f, N0 G* q0 @
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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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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." s% U; O4 Y8 c s8 k
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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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