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Not to be confused with Chartiers Run (Allegheny River).For other uses, see Chartiers (disambiguation).
1751 map depicting creek
Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek was named after Pierre Chartiers,[1] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of the creek in 1743.
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Course
Chartiers Creek winds from its headwaters in Washington County through Allegheny County, where it meets the Ohio River at McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh's West End, three miles west of the Point at Pittsburgh.
Tributaries
(Mouth at the Ohio River)
- Little Chartiers Creek joins Chartiers Creek at Peters Township.[2]
- Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.[3]
Environmental issues
Acid mine drainage, agricultural and industrial runoff, and sewer overflow made Chartiers Creek one of the most polluted watersheds in Pennsylvania. Although improvements have been made, the watershed remains significantly impaired.[4][5]
Plans have been considered[6][7] to establish the course of Chartiers Creek as a greenway including a multi-use path that would stretch from Canonsburg Lake to the Ohio River. Such a path could eventually provide connections with the Montour Trail near Lawrence, the Panhandle Trail near Carnegie, and the Three Rivers Heritage Trail in McKees Rocks.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chartiers_city.html
- ^ "Little Chartiers Creek". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1179500. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Chartiers Run". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1171603. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/WC/Subjects/WSNoteBks/WRAS-20F.htm
- ^ "Ecology of Chartiers Creek Stream". Washington & Jefferson College Biology Department. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. http://www.webcitation.org/60WpNcqeM.
- ^ http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chatiers_creek.html
- ^ http://www.montourtrail.org/news/2000mar/chartiers.html
External links
Categories:- Rivers of Pennsylvania
- Tributaries of the Ohio River
- Geography of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Geography of Washington County, Pennsylvania
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