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Unusual Spectacle Of The 'Capelin Roll' Attracts Thousands To Rocky Beaches

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Jul, 2016 12:41 PM
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The capelin roll is underway in eastern Newfoundland.
     
    The annual event typically attracts thousands of people to two rocky beaches north of St. John's, where tens of thousands of small, silvery fish wriggle ashore to spawn in a writhing mass.
     
    On any given day, for the past week, hundreds of people have been parking their cars on Marine Drive, about a 10-minute drive north of the city.
     
    For centuries, locals have been coming to the beaches to scoop up the capelin and bring them home to eat, or to use as fertilizer.
     
    John Kennedy, the mayor of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, says traffic in the area has been heavy.
     
    He says police are warning people not to park on both sides of the road because that can create choke-points for emergency vehicles.

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