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Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn! r2 E5 {& n7 O* _$ s7 `# A
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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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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), a i6 _* q0 }) m- Y7 Z& }
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Usually the salmon return during the first three weeks of October with Thanksgiving being the peak weekend.$ q3 w) c; [+ e7 f
* {. `$ f% E R4 g: _" H6 _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.
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