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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
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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.
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. S( w' g' W3 {% O! EThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)& K, N- \1 O$ R: f l
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend." J/ {, p. j& L. c- b
, U# S* B7 O7 D& c9 aJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.2 Y8 o' a: N9 ? k, H ^& r: p& {
0 `" ?3 J* e, bThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.4 F% [8 G* z& H% ^: p& Y, Q1 R
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