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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn' t0 w" N( s! f/ ~' l$ I9 C
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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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3 Z( o9 L6 |5 r7 P3 v ?( iOver 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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3 m; v3 T. x" P0 h" U( xEvery 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., i, |5 b! X0 R& {
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" ^, ^- m+ w/ Y1 u! R2 ]1 IThe Adams River sockeye run is the largest in the world. (CBC)
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) ]5 V2 {& i5 S4 o4 w% @; I1 Q8 fUsually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.
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) j) j& }" [5 s2 q! rJeremy 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.
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