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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn
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CBC News Posted: Oct 06, 2014 9:13 AM PT| Last Updated: Oct 07, 2014 8:52 AM PT 9 U* B1 ^4 @ j/ a$ i, [
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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.8 V8 Y( T; y; J0 U Y
4 ^9 j: E) X$ d/ K/ W! KEvery 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)$ B+ D% `- N+ Z2 l/ O/ E
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.# e% I( }. t& f3 R/ n9 ? W4 h
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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.$ |. G! G; j- V( `% P9 k- P; M
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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.
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