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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn3 q7 _) p4 W, C* G( Z
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT
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/ e. W$ [2 A) Q( d. F0 w* Y. d7 oOver 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.* }5 B8 V3 [; `) \5 U. m( W- V
: ~3 H, F3 O$ N2 ~. HEvery 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." a( y$ D* B3 I$ c
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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* x1 j8 t3 U GUsually 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.
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. i2 e5 Y& U0 F/ C ]) oThe 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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