Chartiers Run (Allegheny River)
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, 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
References
- ^ "Chartiers Run". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ 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