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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn6 s2 |! Z0 P' v, m
% S4 E. k0 g! [% O0 R: L( P5 vCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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% K# r9 \1 j. P, U# h# tOver 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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7 S8 K/ E3 L. ?: v1 W$ T2 TEvery 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)/ r% E# Y2 j' h( Y8 w4 W
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.% u" U9 C8 X% `8 j
7 S/ w1 b |" [! a% V g3 ]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.
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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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