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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn0 ^* _% V6 c7 A& U: w9 [9 ?0 g; _( Q6 A
2 R" s. O" h/ U+ B& G7 r% X* @CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT , [, X/ l; j) t! R4 H) I5 d9 b0 r
/ b" e: i: g5 A6 F: MOver 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.2 V( k4 ~. N. O
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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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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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% \0 Z: U* E1 wUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.& z# v' w- j$ Q8 r/ O
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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.
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( S; m9 X% x) I- n, QThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.% E- t5 y# h1 b1 g1 ~/ E8 a
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