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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn5 s# M% Y! S( K; U3 g' c
: W) Y/ {1 J' J4 J1 GCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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' C3 p/ Y% a, ]9 A* _. hOver 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.: M n" q' r/ D6 i
$ X- P# Y3 W8 B8 T: C/ C5 L4 A4 |" L4 jEvery 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.: R' ?3 O4 {; T) Q7 U4 l/ S
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)! a, c/ v( N/ f; l8 w
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend. F+ |% c5 K* B0 D# U
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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.( A4 G5 X/ h, t) u/ r' L( ^( ]
% Z" `2 d5 M$ G R, Z* n! a0 uThe 2014 Salute to the Sockeye festival began Friday at Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park north east of Kamloops.The festival runs until Oct 26.% ?& ]. v- s* Z0 X6 r
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