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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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I8 u1 v. E ?, e# c$ Y, QCBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 1 l$ T# ?; x, p: x0 H) _ g
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Over 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.6 U$ i- m# r0 n+ t6 j
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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.4 e6 X V* p$ F% O
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2 \( M1 |3 u8 r/ z3 e, A% BThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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. L) m/ N7 ]* C# IUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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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.: ?; T) K* J; a) z( n5 T. e8 Z
8 F' t/ n7 A" F: a3 tThe 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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