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[[Image:Kitfry-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1751 map depicting Chartiers Creek (labeled as "Shartees Cr.", at top edge of map)]] |
[[Image:Kitfry-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1751 map depicting Chartiers Creek (labeled as "Shartees Cr.", at top edge of map)]] |
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'''Chartiers Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Ohio River]] in Western [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. The creek was named after [[Peter Chartier]],<ref>http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chartiers_city.html</ref> a trapper of [[French people|French]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] parentage who established a [[trading post]] at the mouth of the creek in 1743. |
'''Chartiers Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Ohio River]] in Western [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. The creek was named after [[Peter Chartier]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chartiers_city.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-08-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425145007/http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us:80/district2/html/chartiers_city.html |archivedate=2009-04-25 |df= }}</ref> a trapper of [[French people|French]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] parentage who established a [[trading post]] at the mouth of the creek in 1743. |
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== Course == |
== Course == |
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== Environmental issues == |
== Environmental issues == |
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[[Acid mine drainage]], [[Surface runoff|agricultural and industrial runoff]], and [[Sanitary sewer overflow|sewer overflow]] made Chartiers Creek one of the most polluted [[Drainage basin|watersheds]] in Pennsylvania. Although improvements have been made, the watershed remains significantly impaired.<ref>http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/WC/Subjects/WSNoteBks/WRAS-20F.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web| |
[[Acid mine drainage]], [[Surface runoff|agricultural and industrial runoff]], and [[Sanitary sewer overflow|sewer overflow]] made Chartiers Creek one of the most polluted [[Drainage basin|watersheds]] in Pennsylvania. Although improvements have been made, the watershed remains significantly impaired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/WC/Subjects/WSNoteBks/WRAS-20F.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040925235243/http://www.dep.state.pa.us:80/dep/deputate/watermgt/Wc/Subjects/WSNoteBks/WRAS-20F.htm |archivedate=2004-09-25 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= |first= |title=Ecology of Chartiers Creek Stream |work= |publisher=Washington & Jefferson College Biology Department |date= |url=http://www.washjeff.edu/Chartiers/Chartier/intro.HTM |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/60WpNcqeM?url=http://www.washjeff.edu/Chartiers/Chartier/intro.HTM |archivedate=2011-07-28 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> |
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Plans have been considered<ref>http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chatiers_creek.html</ref><ref>http://www.montourtrail.org/news/2000mar/chartiers.html</ref> to establish the course of Chartiers Creek as a [[Greenway (landscape)|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, Pennsylvania|Carnegie]], and the [[Three Rivers Heritage Trail]] in [[McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania|McKees Rocks]]. |
Plans have been considered<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district2/html/chatiers_creek.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925023655/http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us:80/district2/html/chatiers_creek.html |archivedate=2008-09-25 |df= }}</ref><ref>http://www.montourtrail.org/news/2000mar/chartiers.html</ref> to establish the course of Chartiers Creek as a [[Greenway (landscape)|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, Pennsylvania|Carnegie]], and the [[Three Rivers Heritage Trail]] in [[McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania|McKees Rocks]]. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 18:24, 20 November 2016
| Chartiers Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Allegheny and Washington counties, Pennsylvania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ohio River |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Chartiers Run |
Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek was named after Peter Chartier,[1] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of the creek in 1743.
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Little Chartiers Creek". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Chartiers Run". Geographic Names Information System. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ecology of Chartiers Creek Stream". Washington & Jefferson College Biology Department. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.montourtrail.org/news/2000mar/chartiers.html
