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. It was named after Peter Chartier,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 a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.

Course

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

See also

List of rivers of Pennsylvania List of tributaries of the Allegheny River

References

External links

U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations