LeTort Spring Run

{{Short description|River tributary in Pennsylvania, U.S.}}

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The LeTort Spring Run is a {{convert|9.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of Conodoguinet Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Located near Carlisle, its length between Pennsylvania Route 34 and Conodoguinet Creek is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River.{{cite web |title=Scenic Rivers |url=https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Conservation/Water/RiversConservation/ScenicRivers/Pages/default.aspx |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |access-date=June 5, 2020}} It is a well-known fly fishing stream where anglers fish for brown trout.{{cite journal |last1=Allen |first1=John |title=LeTort Spring Run |journal=Pennsylvania Angler & Boater |issue=March/April 2019 |pages=12–13 |url=https://www.fishandboat.com/Transact/AnglerBoater/AnglerBoater2019/Documents/2019-0304ma05-letort.pdf |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Located along its banks are LeTort Park, owned by the Borough of Carlisle, and the LeTort Spring Run Nature Trail.

It is named for the French-Canadian fur trader James Le Tort, who built a cabin in the area about 1720.[https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.charterordinance00carl/?st=pdf&pdfPage=18 Charter and ordinances of the borough of Carlisle, Carlisle, printed at the Herald office, 1841]{{rp|10}}