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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn+ x5 M& w" M( Q9 L
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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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7 a& n( M0 Y/ a: nOver 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.
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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.
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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0 X7 s% t6 w) E9 W( b! HUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.- @ e/ w, Z& B7 C7 X; ]! b# v0 m
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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 26.7 l, J2 T g- l( t. l
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