Editing Grand Isle County, Vermont (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|195|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|82|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|113|sqmi}} (58%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_50.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 29, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It has the highest proportion of water coverage of any county in the state. It is the smallest county in Vermont by area, and the second-smallest by population (only [[Essex County, Vermont|Essex County]] has fewer people). Four of its five towns ([[North Hero, Vermont|North Hero]], [[South Hero, Vermont|South Hero]], [[Grand Isle, Vermont|Grand Isle]] and [[Isle La Motte]]) are situated entirely on islands in [[Lake Champlain]], while [[Alburgh, Vermont|Alburgh]] is on a [[peninsula]] (an [[exclave]] known as the Alburgh Tongue) extending south into the lake from [[Quebec]]. The highest elevation in the county is only 279 feet, on the west side of South Hero. The lake shoreline elevation is generally 99' above sea level.

There are three main inhabited [[island]]s, one inhabited [[peninsula]], and many smaller uninhabited islands in Grand Isle County. [[Alburgh (town), Vermont|Alburgh]] is the physically largest landmass of Grand Isle County, and it lies on a peninsula that borders [[Quebec]] to the north. [[Isle La Motte]], North Hero Island, and Grand Island are the three inhabited islands. Grand Isle County does not share any land borders with the [[Contiguous United States]], however there are three roadway bridges that connect Grand Isle County with the mainland United States with two bridges connecting to Vermont and one to New York State at [[Rouses Point, New York]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Franklin County, Vermont|Franklin County]] – east
* [[Chittenden County, Vermont|Chittenden County]] – southeast
* [[Clinton County, New York]] – west
* [[Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec]] – north

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=VT|US|2}}
* {{jct|state=VT|VT|78}}
* {{jct|state=VT|Dual|129}}
* {{jct|state=VT|Town|225}}