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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn* u8 _& q4 j/ y3 g+ c+ z+ I
' }6 _" b9 Z3 C& HCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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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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Every 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.' y( b: U- K( |$ I) W6 t6 ^# k8 \
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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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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, i& ?5 q }# K9 W/ B' PJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.: C! [, h, t0 C, G& U& x( w: y6 ?
0 L+ G r6 S& `3 `! R3 w2 D3 SThe 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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