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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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1 M6 ^4 Z* D: Z/ ?) z: WCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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' w8 C# _1 j) aOver 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.. B$ F4 W( T% B1 U1 {+ q8 V
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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.) u; Y; W! M& ^" J) w
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* j. D9 \' N5 @$ RThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)) J$ \7 t! w+ H5 |1 R V8 d$ W
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.0 h/ x8 s L+ [" ]3 H( t2 c: @
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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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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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