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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn3 s X; H' l O8 L/ P
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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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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.
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/ y r; d, |& v3 \. lEvery 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.# t* M0 k$ Z/ [0 M: m' C3 `, j) [
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The Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)# v r! {' N/ D% Q( \
1 A* _5 v3 w! ~3 T" qUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.$ z+ J, z7 e# p$ p2 U5 Q+ Y; K
( I- e, P+ B j. {" O( JJeremy Heighton, the event coordinator with the Adams River Salmon Society, says the salmon were a bit late in arriving, but they are there now.+ r( ^: f. U) r: \2 g) E8 x% }
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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.; ]: Q5 j& _/ H4 c1 c! E
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