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Chartiers Run (Allegheny River tributary)

Chartiers Run is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1] It was named after Peter Chartier,[2] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.

Chartiers Run
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates40°34′32″N 79°40′29″W / 40.5755556°N 79.6747222°W / 40.5755556; -79.6747222
Mouth 
 • coordinates
40°36′16″N 79°43′29″W / 40.6045108°N 79.7247701°W / 40.6045108; -79.7247701
 • elevation
768 feet (234 m)
Basin features
River systemAllegheny River

Course edit

Chartiers Run joins the Allegheny River at the city of Lower Burrell.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Chartiers Run". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  2. ^ Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911

External links edit

  • U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations

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