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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn- p# k$ @- d1 \! C' d+ {& W# U/ n: y
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* T2 s. k) T% iOver 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 z2 B# W+ U _( l; S- 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.* F) U9 M2 S0 L1 r5 n+ F
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1 j0 u& V# X% ~6 x6 `& v6 ~The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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# @" Z0 Z$ ~% Z: OUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.' J1 |$ K" V: v2 n4 y( r/ ~ N
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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.8 k- v: h8 e: C9 \
8 w1 u' b; m( X) \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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