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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn4 D9 V& I" c( r0 P
" S* h' R4 A: \" YCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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4 R4 E8 N: \5 D+ d3 ?! sOver 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.7 R6 z) g1 [2 A% p
( }1 q7 b$ N) A' f5 J7 {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.% _4 f& z, g! y+ p( c
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8 c. m0 M9 w& n" ?9 g0 EThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)/ F8 O, `) |* D J: S- _$ m4 e
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.1 p9 N# Y# L; n% N9 B5 ]- V3 g
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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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/ W$ \& N$ D/ O3 }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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