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The four-year cycle of the sockeye salmon begins (or ends, depending on your perspective) during the month of October in the Adams River with the fertilization of hundreds of eggs.
Can you imagine swimming 400 kilometres against a raging current, encountering thousands of obstacles along the way, not eating a bite of nourishment, with only one purpose to your journey — to reproduce and die? Such is the fate of the Adams River sockeye salmon which are experiencing their dominant run this year — a naturally occurring event which takes place every four years. The drama of reproduction is played out in exactly the same way every cycle - millions of sockeye make their way back to the gravel beds of the Adams River, the place of their birth, to spawn and die.
The Adams River is located between the Adams and Shuswap Lakes, approximately one hour north of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia. Nestled in the foothills of the Columbia mountain range, the Roderick Haig-Brown Park, named after the world-renowned Canadian naturalist and fly fisherman, offers visitors year-round opportunities for hiking, mountain-biking, canoeing and kayaking, but it is the quadrennial return of the sockeye salmon that draws visitors by the hundreds of thousands to the park to witness this true miracle of nature. We’ll be sure to be there hope to see you too!
For more information please visit Adams River Salmon Society
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