Monongahela finishes 2nd in River of the Year contest

By Mon Valley Independent

By Mary Ann Thomas

Trib Total Media

French Creek, in the northwestern Pennsylvania, has been named 2022 Pennsylvania River of the Year by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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